"quick-change artist" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1917, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 17, in Finished",
          "text": "Only then Nombe must be something of a quick-change artist since but a little while before she was beyond doubt personating the dead Mameena.",
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          "ref": "1940 May 17, “Thompson And Sarazen Lead”, in Telegraph-Herald, Iowa, USA, retrieved 2013-05-24, page 1",
          "text": "[T]he lead can change hands in this tournament faster than a quick-change artist's costume.",
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          "ref": "2002 July 2, Lawrence Van Gelder, “Theater Review: Tuneful and Faithful to Twain's Tale”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-24",
          "text": "Here, too . . . are a kindly priest, a mysterious hermit, a good-hearted mother, a love-smitten young noblewoman, flashing swordplay, and taverns and palaces teeming with cooks and bakers and servants and idlers and criminals, all brought to vivid life by a well-chosen dozen-member cast of quick-change artists.",
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        "An entertainer whose performances involve rapid changes of costume."
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          "ref": "1931 September 17, “The Budget”, in Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, retrieved 2013-05-24, page 9",
          "text": "Mr. Churchill, with his well-known ability as a quick-change artist, had become a full-blooded protectionist",
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        {
          "ref": "1998 August 19, Diana Jean Schemo, “Colombian Rebels Broaden Offensive”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-24",
          "text": "The worst part, the refugees say, is maneuvering survival in a war whose combatants are often quick-change artists, looking like a neighbor by day and a killer by night.",
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          "ref": "2001 June 24, Christine Gorman, “Cover Stories”, in Time",
          "text": "Pharmaceutical manufacturers have already been hampered by HIV's talent as a quick-change artist.",
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        "Someone who rapidly changes their views, occupations, appearance, behavior, etc.; something that rapidly changes its form or function."
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        "(figuratively, by extension) Someone who rapidly changes their views, occupations, appearance, behavior, etc.; something that rapidly changes its form or function."
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