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Definition of: legerdemain
(lej′ər·də·mān′) noun
1. Sleight of hand.
2. Any deceptive adroitness; any artful trick. [<F léger de main, lit., light of hand <léger light (<L levis) + de of (<L, from) + main hand <L manus]
—leg′er·de·main′ist noun
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