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So how did 18-year-old Jason Marsden get cast as the voice of a talking cat in Hocus Pocus?
‘Hocus Pocus’ Turns 20: Meet the Voice Behind Binx the Talking Cat|Kevin Fallon|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Finally, in the spirit of Hocus Pocus, what are your Halloween plans this year?
‘Hocus Pocus’ Turns 20: Meet the Voice Behind Binx the Talking Cat|Kevin Fallon|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And he refers his readers to his Spanish-Gipsy vocabulary for the words hoax and hocus, as a reason for such an opinion!
A History of the Gipsies|Walter Simson
My aunt began her hocus pocus by throwing out all the cards in the pack under seven.
The Lock And Key Library|Various

Hocus loved her best, believing her to be his own, got upon the body of Mrs. Bull.
The History of John Bull|John Arbuthnot
Hocus pocus, gipsy words of magic, similar to the modern presto fly.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten
Hocus fed her extravagancy (what was still more shameful) with John's own money.
The History of John Bull|John Arbuthnot

British Dictionary definitions for hocus

hocus

/ (ˈhəʊkəs) /

verb -cuses, -cusing, -cused, -cuses, -cussing or -cussed (tr) rare

to take in; trick

to stupefy, esp with a drug

to add a drug to (a drink)

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hocus

verb (used with object), ho·cused, ho·cus·ing or (especially British) ho·cussed, ho·cus·sing.

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British Dictionary definitions for hocus

verb -cuses, -cusing, -cused, -cuses, -cussing or -cussed (tr) rare