hocus-pocuser
nounEtymology
From hocus-pocus + -er.
Definitions
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.
- 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.
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