Meanings
- rareuncountableThe world or realm of tricks.
Explicit Instructions for taking the dog through kindergarten and finishing school of trickdom.
1909, Albert Shaw, The American Review of Reviews - Volume 402 more examples
Nowhere in all photographic trickdom is it possible to get so complete a total impression as in the photomontage, which employs a number of different pictorial elements to weave a single message.
1940, Jacob Deschin, Photo Tricks and EffectsThere seems to be nothing new in elephant trickdom. All the elaborate, purportedly new, stunts are merely variations of four basic maneuvers: the leg-stand; the lay-down; the sit-up; and the whirl-around.
1958, William Ballantine, Wild tigers & tame fleas
Origin
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