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parlour trick

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

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