trick of the trade

noun

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  1. A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional…

    A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.

    • For the most part, he has some knack, or trick of the trade, which by close inspection can be delected, and so the heart of his mystery be seen into.
    • There is no trick of the trade which he does not know, no artifice which he does not which he does not habitually practise.

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