Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises legerdemain; a juggler; a trickster.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who practices or performs
sleight of hand .
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Examples
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It enables charlatans to find dupes, and causes the real magician to be applauded as a legerdemainist.
America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat Tingfang Wu 1882
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