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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sleight of Hand

is artifice by the hand. (Icelandic, slædgh, German, schlich, cunning or trick.)

And still the less they understand,
The more they admire his sleight of hand.

Butler Hudibras, pt. ii. c. 3

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Sleipnir
Sleeveless Errand
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