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the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment
- with some well-crafted hocus-pocus, the illusionist made the dove disappear from his hands
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“Hocus-pocus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hocus-pocus. Accessed 27 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of hocus-pocus was in 1647
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