📚 Legerdemain, noun. 🔉 /ˌlɛdʒədɪˈmeɪn/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (mass noun): Skilful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks. ❗️ Examples: 1. There were fine nuggets of legerdemain, courtesy of the illusionist Paul Kieve. 2. Much to the satisfaction of legitimate entertainers, the book also expresses respect for the art of legerdemain, which it discusses using that very term. 3. Readers are invited to imagine how Copperfield will pull off this magic coup, but we reckon it will involve a couple of balls, a cup and plenty of legerdemain. 4. A classic piece of management legerdemain. 5. What was the point of this sophisticated legerdemain with Ray's aliases? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic