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hocus-pocus

hocus-pocus is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.
  2. 2.A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.
  3. 3.To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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