sleight of hand

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The required manual dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A performance of such skill.
  3. (broadly, countable, idiomatic, uncountable) Any form of skillful deception.

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Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English slegthe of hande, sleght of hond, equivalent to sleight + of + hand. Compare Old French léger de main (cf. the contemporary French léger de main and the contemporary English legerdemain).

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