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▸ noun:  (uncountable) Some ineffectual action or speech, especially if intended to divert attention; nonsense.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, derogatory) Religious or supernatural phenomena one holds to be nonsense or mere trickery; superstitious mumbo-jumbo.
▸ noun:  (countable, uncountable, chiefly US, also attributively) Some action carried out to bring about change as if by magic; a trick; sleight of hand, trickery.
▸ noun:  (countable, obsolete) A conjurer.
▸ noun:  (countable, obsolete) A conjurer's trick.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive, colloquial, dated) To play tricks or practise sleight of hand (on someone); (by extension) to cheat, to deceive.

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