escamotage

noun

es·​ca·​mo·​tage

eskȧmȯtȧȧzh

plural -s

: juggling, sleight of hand, trickery

Word History

Etymology

French, from escamoter to juggle, conjure, make vanish (from Middle French) + -age

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