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"word": "ταχυδακτυλουργία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "performance",
"word": "mutatvány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "performance",
"word": "bűvészmutatvány"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "performance",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "praestīgiae"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "performance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prestidigitação"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "performance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "passe-passe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "performance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escamoteo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "performance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "juego de manos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "performance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "trick"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "performance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "knep"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "skillful deception",
"word": "joc de mans"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "skillful deception",
"word": "joc de vilans"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "skillful deception",
"word": "silmänkääntötemppu"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Mental Floss",
"Pocket (service)",
"sleight of hand"
],
"word": "sleight of hand"
}
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