"tour de passe-passe" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tuʁ də pas.pas/, /tuʁ də pɑs.pɑs/ Forms: tours de passe-passe [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|head=tour de passe-passe}} tour de passe-passe m (plural tours de passe-passe)
  1. (derogatory) sleight of hand, fiddle, trick Tags: derogatory, masculine Related terms: tour de magie
    Sense id: en-tour_de_passe-passe-fr-noun-GfDwvQFo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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