"party trick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: party tricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} party trick (plural party tricks)
  1. A trick that could be performed at a party for entertainment. Categories (topical): Parties
    Sense id: en-party_trick-en-noun-f617gRG4 Disambiguation of Parties: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (by extension) A clever or tricky behavior. Tags: broadly Synonyms: parlour trick
    Sense id: en-party_trick-en-noun-Hfyw5K7g

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Pete Goodliffe, Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code, page 163:",
          "text": "C++ has a great party trick here: The preceeding ^([sic]) line might be in a different file!",
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          "ref": "2020 May 6, Philip Haigh, “Just one more stop on the long journey to HS2 fulfillment [sic]”, in Rail, page 64:",
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