Definitions for jugglery

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jug•glerˈdʒʌg lər(n.)

  1. a person who performs juggling feats, as with balls or knives.

  2. a person who deceives by trickery; trickster.

Origin of juggler:

bef. 1100; ME jogelour, jugelour < AF, OF jogleor, jougleor (cf. jongleur ) 蠐 L joculātor jester =joculā(rī)+-tor -tor

jug′gler•y(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. jugglery(noun)

    artful trickery designed to achieve an end

    "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"

  2. jugglery(noun)

    the performance of a juggler

Wiktionary

  1. jugglery(Noun)

    The art of a juggler (i.e. trickery or deception).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jugglery(noun)

    the art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand

  2. Jugglery(noun)

    trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery


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