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Indian rope trick

Indian rope trick noun: a magic trick said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century, involving the climbing of a rope that appears to rise unsupported into the air.

Noun

Indian rope trick (plural Indian rope tricks)

  1. A magic trick said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century, involving the climbing of a rope that appears to rise unsupported into the air.
    • I asked him if he thought they had any occult or medicinal way of prolonging life or preserving youth, and he said they were supposed to have a great deal of very curious knowledge about such things, but he suspected that if you came to look into it, it was rather like the Indian rope trick -...1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon, published 1973, page 180
    Synonyms:
    rope trick

Synonyms of Indian rope trick

Forms of Indian rope trick

pluralIndian rope tricks

Questions about Indian rope trick

What does Indian rope trick mean?
Indian rope trick means a magic trick said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century, involving the climbing of a rope that appears to rise unsupported into the air.
What part of speech is Indian rope trick?
Indian rope trick is a noun.
What is the plural of Indian rope trick?
The plural of Indian rope trick is Indian rope tricks.

Words near Indian rope trick in the dictionary

  1. Indian River County
  2. Indian Rocks Beach
  3. Indian rojak
  4. Indian roller
  5. Indian rollers
  6. Indian rope trick
  7. Indian rope tricks
  8. Indian rose chestnut
  9. Indian rugburn
  10. Indian Rummy
  11. Indian Runner

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