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Webster 1913 Edition
Hocus-pocus
1.
A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.
2.
A juggler or trickster.
[Archaic]
Sir T. Herbert.
3.
A magician’s trick; a cheat; nonsense.
Hudibras.
Ho′cus-po′cus
,Verb.
T.
To cheat.
[Colloq.]
L'Estrange.
2.
A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.