For those of you who love to expand your vocabulary to include words like "prestidigitation," bookmark and use often!. From Wordnik.com. [Optimism Is In The Air As New Ideas Percolate - Cory Treffiletti - MediaBizBlogger] Reference
He steps forward and asks her to spell a list of much more difficult words, "prestidigitation" and "pulchritude" among them. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Pine: Floats Like a Butterfly, Stings Like A Spelling Bee] Reference
They are too busy applauding the prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Environmental Science & Technology Article « Climate Audit] Reference
This is a most impressive feat of prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Lee Miller: ... Waiting for Merlin] Reference
And even then, the prestidigitation isn't really up to snuff. From Wordnik.com. [Jonah Goldberg on Magic Tricks] Reference
Think of it like a magician doing prestidigitation for the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Storytelling Invention and Upping the Ante] Reference
"Magic, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, pulling rabbits out of a hat.". From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble with Witches]
Kyle made a mental note to learn some prestidigitation one of these days. From Wordnik.com. [Realism in Fantasy (Sex) - Cecilia Tan Guest Post] Reference
The tireless and constant prestidigitation ceases and the entire edifice crumbles. From Wordnik.com. [It’s not offensive because I say it’s not] Reference
"An he's more light-fingered than his predecessor, he's a master of prestidigitation!". From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
"I have a rare show of antics and prestidigitation," Stile said, making his voice comical too. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Adept]
Todd Stockslager, of Raleigh, N.C., argued in favor of broadening the meaning of prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Word Fugitives] Reference
Bosco, with jugglery and prestidigitation and all that now went by the name of “amusing physics.”. From Wordnik.com. [Ursula] Reference
' Teller, Penn Jillette ' s silent partner in prestidigitation, has extramagical theatrical ambitions of his own. From Wordnik.com. [Not for the Faint of Heart!] Reference
Look, it's not like this little bit of prestidigitation has snowed anybody in the government, they just do not care. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwater And Private Security Firms Just Can't Be Disqualified From Winning Lucrative Government Contracts, No Matter What They Do] Reference
Stage illusionism-prestidigitation in the grand tradition of Kellar, Maskelyne, Houdini'the very best in the business!. From Wordnik.com. [Spirits White As Lightning]
How she's been promoted as a students first education reform is definitely a work of prestidigitation and legerdemain. From Wordnik.com. [Jose Vilson: The Magical Populism of Michelle Rhee] Reference
It is a shame that being held up as the GOP's next "prodigal son" demands such base displays of political prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart Whatley: Calling Jindal's Bluff] Reference
I pushed back my sleeves and raised my hands, flexing my fingers like a magician about to perform some act of prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Two dozen kids in their best clothes concentrating as hard as they could to piece out “prestidigitation” one letter at a time. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
Now McEneaney has brought his brand of stage prestidigitation to bear on "How I Became a Pirate" at Imagination Stage in Bethesda. From Wordnik.com. [Backstage: 'New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza' at Theater J] Reference
Similarly, less familiar with tricks, prestidigitation, illusions, and such, than an Earth audience, some Goreans believe in magic. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
ANALYSIS: Beautiful prose, empty book; an act of prestidigitation by enormous talent Mieville, keeps the balls juggling but barely. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
The prestidigitation continues with "the load": He says the NAACP labels the Tea Party racist based on one anti-Obama sign in Florida!. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Bonifer: Breitbart's Game] Reference
Does no one capable of effective protest have a shred of insight into the financial prestidigitation that is the Great Geithner Giveaway?. From Wordnik.com. [Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of the Great Giveaway] Reference
Fear mongering and bait & switch prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Matt Wayne sharing tips and tricks for prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
I've always been fascinated by the art of prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. Reference
When would he reach the easy prestidigitation of his master!. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)] Reference
And like a feat of prestidigitation Daniel disappeared into the blackness of the van. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
YouTube is home to some amazing content, and the prestidigitation department is no exception. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0]
By what religious prestidigitation he had trapped her secret from her must remain a thick mystery now. From Wordnik.com. [V. V.'s Eyes] Reference
By no political prestidigitation can it be made better and wiser than the sum of their goodness and wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909] Reference
The older woman, with a movement so rapid that it seemed almost prestidigitation, lifted and threw back her companion's veil. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Ashes] Reference
But they're enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the history of magic Chicago style, and they perform astounding feats of prestidigitation. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
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