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Definition of Sleight of hand
1. Noun. Manual dexterity in the execution of tricks.
Generic synonyms: Conjuration, Conjuring Trick, Deception, Illusion, Legerdemain, Magic, Magic Trick, Thaumaturgy, Trick
Definition of Sleight of hand
1. Noun. The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions. ¹
2. Noun. A performance of such skill. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleight Of Hand
Literary usage of Sleight of hand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Life of the Chinese: With Some Account of the Religious, Governmental by Justus Doolittle (1865)
"Jugglers: Description of several Sleight-of-hand Tricks. ... Some of the
sleight-of-hand performances are quite inexplicable to those who have not been ..."
2. Social life of the Chinese by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Some of the sleight-of-hand performances are quite inexplicable to those who have
not been initiated into the secret, and seem impossible of achievement, ..."
3. The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Homer Saint-Gaudens (1913)
"XI BY-ROADS 1882-1889 The Sleight of Hand—The Sunday Concerts—Cornish, New
Hampshire—The First Summer—The Improvement of Home—Dewing, Brush and Others—The ..."
4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"A term given to some deceptive or sleight-of-hand performances, which depend
either entirely on dexterity and address, or derive but a small degree of aid ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Mathews played a part in which 1ш parodied certain sleight-of-hand tricks for
which Anderson, .... sleightofhand ..."
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