HOCUSPOCUS; HOCUS-POCUS

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

2.
n.

A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.

3.
n.

A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.

4.
v.

To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.


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