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hocus-pocuser

hocus-pocuser noun: one who hocus-pocuses.

Noun

hocus-pocuser (plural hocus-pocusers)

  1. One who hocus-pocuses.
    • Such may be the interpretation of this phrase; and such may be the sense in which thousands of democrats will take it; but such is not the sense in which the Texas hocus pocusers mean it.1844 August 3, “The Presidential Campaign”, in Niles’ National Register, volume LXVI, number 1,714, Baltimore, Md., page 371, column 2
    • Old Plu had promised, as per Admiral Fitzroy’s patent hocus-pocusser, to give us a taste of his quality; and it is unnecessary, in this connection, to observe that the venerable disciple of Swithin the Saint was as good as his word.1890 July 26, “O’Flaherty in England. Arrival of the Champion. His Reception. What he Thinks of England.”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume XCIX, London: […] the Office, […], page 48, column...

Examples of hocus-pocuser in a sentence

  • THE latest hocus-pocuser to adopt the art of magic as a means of selling safety is Sgt.1954 March 27, Bill Sachs, “Hocus-Pocus”, in The Billboard, page 42, column 1:
  • Seventeenth-century audiences believed that both horse and hocus-pocuser consorted with the devil.1962, Milbourne Christopher, Panorama of Magic, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 9:

Forms of hocus-pocuser

pluralhocus-pocusers
alternative formhocus pocuser
alternative formhocus-pocusser

Origin of hocus-pocuser

From hocus-pocus + -er.

Questions about hocus-pocuser

What does hocus-pocuser mean?
Hocus-pocuser means one who hocus-pocuses.
How do you use hocus-pocuser in a sentence?
THE latest hocus-pocuser to adopt the art of magic as a means of selling safety is Sgt.
What part of speech is hocus-pocuser?
Hocus-pocuser is a noun.
What is the plural of hocus-pocuser?
The plural of hocus-pocuser is hocus-pocusers.

Words near hocus-pocuser in the dictionary

  1. hocus pocus
  2. hocus pocuser
  3. hocus pocusers
  4. hocus-pocus
  5. hocus-pocused
  6. hocus-pocuser
  7. hocus-pocusers
  8. hocus-pocuses
  9. hocus-pocusing
  10. hocus-pocussed
  11. hocus-pocusser

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