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le-jur-duh-MAYN
noun
a magic trick or illusion; sleight of hand; any skillful deception
1889In the South SeasHe would not seem to move from his position, and yet every day, when the things fell to be returned the plug had disappeared; he had found the means to conceal it in the roof, whence he could radiantly produce it on the morrow. Although this piece of legerdemain was performed regularly before three or four pairs of eyes, we could never catch him in the fact; although we searched after he was gone, we could never find the tobacco.2000From the Corner of His EyeHe produced her coat as if by legerdemain.Labels: Dean Koontz, Robert Louis Stevenson
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