trickwork

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noun

Trickery of an artistic or spectacular kind.

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Meanings

nountrickwork (uncountable)
  1. uncountableTrickery of an artistic or spectacular kind.

    […] another popular acrobatic company from Great Britain recognized for its pantomimes and trickwork.

    2009, Monica Chiu, Asian Americans in New England: Culture and Community, page 80
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    So popular was trickwork and spectacle with nineteenth-century audiences, in fact, that hundreds of plays were written solely as vehicles for magic, special effects, or elaborately trapped settings.

    2013, Joel Schechter, Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook, page 16

Origin

From trick + -work.

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APA

trickwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trickwork

MLA

“trickwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trickwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trickwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trickwork.

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