"box of tricks" meaning in English

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        "A box, suitcase, etc., used by a magician to carry stage paraphernalia."
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          "ref": "1902 January 2, The Evening Telegraph, Charters Towers, page 3, column 2",
          "text": "Uncle Sam has found his box of tricks heavy, and is having a whiff before going on with his white man's burden to the end.",
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        "Anything used to perform a specific task or achieve a particular goal; the means or apparatus used to accomplish something."
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        "(figurative) Anything used to perform a specific task or achieve a particular goal; the means or apparatus used to accomplish something."
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        "A crafty person."
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        "(figurative) A crafty person."
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  "word": "box of tricks"
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