trickwork
nounEtymology From trick + -work.
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Trickery 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:
- 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: