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单词 sleight
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sleight in British English

(slaɪt)
noun archaic
1. 
skill; dexterity
See also sleight of hand
2. 
a trick or stratagem
3. 
cunning; trickery
Word origin
C14: from Old Norse slægth, from slægr sly

sleight in American English

(slaɪt)
noun
1. 
cunning or craft used in deceiving
2. 
skill or dexterity
Word origin
ME < ON slœgth < slœgr, crafty, clever: see sly

Examples of 'sleight' in a sentence
sleight

He used a very old fairground trick of sleight of hand.
The Sun (2013)
The rest is financial sleight of hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was taken by sleight of hand and then sold to a pawnbroker.
The Sun (2016)
But there was a sleight of hand here.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The sleight of hand was impressive.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Better defenders than he would have been fooled by Özil's sleight of foot for the penalty.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They were often magicians and practiced sleight of hand, and their use of trickery smacked of deceit.
Marius, Richard A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995)
But the outcome of all this financial sleight of hand is what sounds like the perfect home for your hard-earned savings.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Sadly, the move is a sleight of hand that will make no difference to how much it actually costs to heat and power our homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's also a brilliant sleight of hand: making the old seem daring.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Again and again, with only minor variations, we see this sleight of hand at work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Everybody enjoys watching him play, he's so sleight of foot.
The Sun (2009)
A bit of élan and sleight of hand and perhaps just a twist of snobbery and insincere flattery wouldn't go amiss.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
My issue is not so much with my company, but with the government's sleight of hand over this.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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