A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands.
A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.
Origin
From French prestidigitation, from preste + digitus. The word has a different origin from prestige, even though this in the past has meant “delusion, illusion, trick”.
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