"presto chango" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From presto + rhyming variation of change.",
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  "pos": "intj",
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        {
          "text": "1929, Business Week, advertisement,\nJust one touch lets you go from black to a second color. Presto. Chango. Or back to black. Presto. Chango. Color copies have never been easier."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937 April 24, Washington Post, page 12:",
          "text": "PRESTO CHANGO! From a dreary, commonplace piece to a smart colorful chair shining with personality.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Richard Rhodes, Holy Secrets, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 31:",
          "text": "\"...An' presto-chango, you got yourself a twenty-eight-by-sixty-foot house.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Lois Lowry, Taking Care of Terrific, Houghton Mifflin Children's Books, →ISBN, page 158:",
          "text": "Tom nodded solemnly. \"Presto Chango,\" he said. Then he looked at the policeman again. \"My name is Joshua Cameron,\" he announced, and the policeman wrote that down.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Candace Sherk Savage, Witch: The Wild Ride from Wicked to Wicca, Sterling Publishing, →ISBN, page 8:",
          "text": "Watch and before your eyes, presto chango, a capital crime of the most hideous sort will be turned into a superstition,....",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mike Lutz, God Every Day: 365 Life Application Devotions:",
          "text": "Jesus is the ultimate stain lifter. He removes the stain of our sin, and presto, chango!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another."
      ],
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          "suddenness",
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          "change",
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        ],
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          "transformation",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "presto changeo"
        },
        {
          "word": "presto change-o"
        }
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
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  ],
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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  ],
  "word": "presto chango"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From presto + rhyming variation of change.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1929, Business Week, advertisement,\nJust one touch lets you go from black to a second color. Presto. Chango. Or back to black. Presto. Chango. Color copies have never been easier."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937 April 24, Washington Post, page 12:",
          "text": "PRESTO CHANGO! From a dreary, commonplace piece to a smart colorful chair shining with personality.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Richard Rhodes, Holy Secrets, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 31:",
          "text": "\"...An' presto-chango, you got yourself a twenty-eight-by-sixty-foot house.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Lois Lowry, Taking Care of Terrific, Houghton Mifflin Children's Books, →ISBN, page 158:",
          "text": "Tom nodded solemnly. \"Presto Chango,\" he said. Then he looked at the policeman again. \"My name is Joshua Cameron,\" he announced, and the policeman wrote that down.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Candace Sherk Savage, Witch: The Wild Ride from Wicked to Wicca, Sterling Publishing, →ISBN, page 8:",
          "text": "Watch and before your eyes, presto chango, a capital crime of the most hideous sort will be turned into a superstition,....",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mike Lutz, God Every Day: 365 Life Application Devotions:",
          "text": "Jesus is the ultimate stain lifter. He removes the stain of our sin, and presto, chango!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another."
      ],
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          "suddenness",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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