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/slaɪt əv hænd/ Listen

noun

Sleight n.

Cunning; craft; artful practice. (Obs.) "His sleight and his covin."

An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. "The world hath many subtle sleights."

Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. "The juggler's sleight."

Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.

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Etymology of 'Sleight of hand'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sleight of hand" Quotes from Famous Books

... the men went over into the chains, and slipped in behind a band fastened to the shrouds, and leaning over, began to swing a bucket into the sea by a long rope; and in that way with much expertness and sleight of hand, he managed to fill the tub in a very short time. Then the water began to splash about all over the decks, and I began to think I should surely get my feet wet, and catch my death of cold. So I went to the chief mate, ...

— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville

... both in this period of his life and later he went to sleight of hand performances, wax works, puppet shows, animal shows, "to hear the ...

— George Washington: Farmer • Paul Leland Haworth

... love Ishi as a brother, and he looked upon me as one of his people. He called me Ku wi, or Medicine Man; more, perhaps, because I could perform little sleight of hand tricks, than because of ...

— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope