"parlour trick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parlour tricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} parlour trick (plural parlour tricks)
  1. Synonym of party trick (“trick performed for entertainment”) Synonyms: party trick [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-parlour_trick-en-noun-Rp~MEM47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4
  2. (figurative) A piece of trickery or falsehood, especially a trivial one. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-parlour_trick-en-noun-7xuDUyVx

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