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prestidigitator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician |
| Type of | performer, performing artist |
| Has types | mind reader, escape expert, thought-reader, telepathist, escapologist |
Examples of prestidigitator
prestidigitator
A veritable prestidigitator of sound, he proceeded to weave musical gold from our proffered straw.
From the guardian.co.uk
Always provocative, often perverse, the greatest verbal prestidigitator of his time successfully juggles a dead poet, a live scholar and an imaginary land.
From the time.com
Sir Rupert Cavendish was his full name, and he'd been a skilled prestidigitator, that is until he lost most of his digits in a thresher.
From the newsobserver.com
The song title may sound like a goof, but Lawyers in Love is, in fact, a particularly neat juggling act from rock's foremost romantic prestidigitator.
From the time.com
Within its labyrinth are enough booby traps to bedevil an army of certified public accountants, enough opportunities for sleight of hand to exhaust a prestidigitator.
From the time.com
In a dazzling chapter, Gardner, an amateur prestidigitator, demonstrates a dozen methods for deceiving the credulous, including sleight of hand, palmed magnets and misdirection.
From the time.com
- Magician: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- Sleight of hand, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers") or legerdemain, is the set of techniques used by a magician (or card sharp) to manipulate objects such as cards and coins secretly.
- One who performs feats of prestidigitation, a sleight-of-hand artist, a magician
- An expert at sleight of hand.
