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box-of-tricks

box-of-tricks is the alternative form of box of tricks.

Meaning of box of tricks

Noun

box of tricks

  1. A box, suitcase, etc., used by a magician to carry stage paraphernalia.
  2. (figuratively) Anything used to perform a specific task or achieve a particular goal; the means or apparatus used to accomplish something.
    • Uncle Sam has found his box of tricks heavy, and is having a whiff before going on with his white man's burden to the end.1902 January 2, The Evening Telegraph, Charters Towers, page 3, column 2
  3. (figuratively) A crafty person.
    • "You damned, canting, hypocritical box-of-tricks. I'll be even with you yet." The heavy door slammed behind him.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Questions about box-of-tricks

What is box-of-tricks the alternative form of?
Box-of-tricks is the alternative form of box of tricks.

Words near box-of-tricks in the dictionary

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  2. box-elders
  3. box-fresh
  4. box-like
  5. Box-Muller transform
  6. box-of-tricks
  7. box-office
  8. box-office bomb
  9. box-office bombs
  10. box-offices
  11. box-sealing tape

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