art of juggling, art of maintaining a number of objects in the air at the same time by catching and throwing; trickery, manipulation, deception
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Jugglery Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.
Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.
(n.)
The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.
jugglery
\jug"gler*y\ (?), n. [oe. & of. joglerie, f. jonglerie.]
1. the art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.
2. trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.
The art or practice of sleight of hand.
Noun
1. artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"
(hypernym) trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
(derivation) juggle, beguile, hoodwink
2. the performance of a juggler
(hypernym) maneuver, manoeuvre, play
(derivation) juggle
