English

Phrase

how's tricks?

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
   • The Grip (Toronto), 12 April 1884:

     He was smoking a cigar (a most unusual occurrence), and a smile of satisfaction lit up his serene countenance. "How's tricks, Harry my boy?" I asked of that gentleman.

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