prestidigitation

Where's The Club? was a rambling, Randy Newman-style ballad; Twenty Twenty Vision veered left into bluegrass; and Spider Fingers included the first and presumably last use of the word "prestidigitation" in popular song.

Evening Standard - Home Rick Pearson 2012

Where's The Club? was a rambling, Randy Newman-style ballad; Twenty Twenty Vision veered left into bluegrass; and Spider Fingers included the first and presumably last use of the word "prestidigitation" in popular song.

Evening Standard - Home Rick Pearson 2012

The blow was struck: henceforth the interpreters and all those who had dealings with the Arabs received orders to make them understand that my pretended miracles were only the result of skill, inspired and guided by an art called prestidigitation, in no way connected with sorcery.

The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Arthur Cheney Train 1910

The blow was struck: henceforth the interpreters and all those who had dealings with the Arabs received orders to make them understand that my pretended miracles were only the result of skill, inspired and guided by an art called prestidigitation, in no way connected with sorcery.

Memoirs of Robert-Houdin Houdin, Robert 1858

For those of you who love to expand your vocabulary to include words like "prestidigitation," bookmark and use often!

Optimism Is In The Air As New Ideas Percolate - Cory Treffiletti - MediaBizBlogger 2009

He steps forward and asks her to spell a list of much more difficult words, "prestidigitation" and "pulchritude" among them.

Rachel Pine: Floats Like a Butterfly, Stings Like A Spelling Bee 2008

It's a gag pile-up, with a funny moment packed into practically every second of the short, whether it's a broadly played physical gag (Bugs pulling himself out of the magician's hat by his own ears, holding himself suspended in the air without explanation), or a nice turn of phrase (I love the fact that this film makes a gag out of the inability to say "prestidigitation").

Short Film Week, Day 6: Six Chuck Jones Cartoons Ed Howard 2007

It's a gag pile-up, with a funny moment packed into practically every second of the short, whether it's a broadly played physical gag (Bugs pulling himself out of the magician's hat by his own ears, holding himself suspended in the air without explanation), or a nice turn of phrase (I love the fact that this film makes a gag out of the inability to say "prestidigitation").

Archive 2007-12-01 Ed Howard 2007

That last bit -- essentially blaming study design for placebo response rates -- is the kind of prestidigitation that passes for science in psychiatry these days.

Furious Seasons 2009

The piano is usually thought of as the more orchestral keyboard instrument, but Hantaï's prestidigitation just about put the harpsichord on equal footing.

Authentication keys Matthew Guerrieri 2009