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legerdemain

[lej-er-duh-meyn] / ˌlɛdʒ ər dəˈmeɪn /


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Mr. Barnes uses his neatly attired Englishness as camouflage for narrative experimentation and legerdemain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Which name do you call a professional who practices legerdemain?

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2024

That focus leaves Picasso in slight shadow, gives Braque his fair due and crowns a new champion of media monkey business and painterly legerdemain.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

Landrieu, however, defends at least some of this semantic legerdemain.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022

He amazed everyone with his feats of legerdemain.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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