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parlour tricks

parlour tricks is the plural of parlour trick.

Meaning of parlour trick

Noun

parlour trick (plural parlour tricks)

  1. (figuratively) A piece of trickery or falsehood, especially a trivial one.
  2. Synonym of party trick (“a trick performed for entertainment”).
    • You may be nearly omnipotent—and I don't deny that your parlor tricks are very impressive—but morality? I don't see it.1992, René Echevarria, “True Q”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6, episode 6, spoken by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Steward)
    Synonyms:
    party trick

Questions about parlour tricks

What is parlour tricks the plural of?
Parlour tricks is the plural of parlour trick.

Words near parlour tricks in the dictionary

  1. parlour pink
  2. parlour pinks
  3. parlour skate
  4. parlour skates
  5. parlour trick
  6. parlour tricks
  7. parlour-game
  8. parlour-games
  9. parlourish
  10. parlourless
  11. parlourmaid

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