jugglery
English
Noun
jugglery (countable and uncountable, plural juggleries)
- (uncountable) The art of a juggler (i.e. trickery or deception).
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, ch. 31:
- Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, ch. 31:
- (countable) An instance of such trickery or deception.
- 1942, Walter de la Mare, "All Hallows" in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare:
- What they call the Great War is over […] and yet what do we see around us? Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.
- 1942, Walter de la Mare, "All Hallows" in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare:
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