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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hocuspocus . - noun Plural form of
hocuspocus .
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R.R. Marett, who has a good practical acquaintance with his subject, had in the Hibbert Journal for October 1918 an article on ` ` The Primitive Medicine Man '' in which he shows that the latter is as a rule anything but a fool and a knave -- although like ` medicals 'in all ages he hocuspocuses his patients occasionally!
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Primitive Medicine Man "in which he shows that the latter is as a rule anything but a fool and a knave -- although like 'medicals' in all ages he hocuspocuses his patients occasionally!
Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886
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