Conjuror
['kʌndʒərɚ]
Definition
(n.) One bound by a common oath with others.
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Examples
- You are quite a conjuror,' returned Miss Wren. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If I had had a conjuror's cap, there is no one I should have wished for but you! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Bucket lost no time in transferring this paper, with the dexterity of a conjuror, from Mr. Smallweed to Mr. Jarndyce. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You don't know my skill in sleight of hand; I might practise as a conjuror if I liked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I judged the fellows to be strolling conjurors, and the boy with the bag to be carrying the tools of their trade. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This is what the conjurors here pride themselves upon doing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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