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escamotage

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[e-ska-muh-tahj, -tahzh] / ɛˌskæ məˈtɑdʒ, -ˈtɑʒ /

noun

  1. Rare. a feat in or the skill of sleight of hand.

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He interrupted himself: “You know escamoter in English? I don’t know what is the word. Escamoter: to make the event disappear, in a way. Escamotage, O.K.? Escamotage.”

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