cantrip
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
Chiefly British. artful shamming meant to deceive.
Origin of cantrip
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How to use cantrip in a sentence
I may have done, and overdone it myself, in arguing cantrips and convictions, whereof to my knowledge good never came yet.
Erema | R. D. BlackmoreHe hid behind a hedge, and watched them stooping over the well, mumbling he knew not what of cantrips.
Hereward, The Last of the English | Charles KingsleyBut one day these cantrips ceased, and for many weeks nothing was seen of the Warlock Laird.
An Introduction to Mythology | Lewis SpenceThen Sarah she laughed oot loud, and she said, 'Ye'll want na mair cantrips, I reckon.'
The Shadow of a Crime | Hall CaineShe, along with a bevy of withered hags, was engaged in cantrips, being distinguished by a peculiar kind of garter which she wore.
British Dictionary definitions for cantrip
/ (ˈkæntrɪp) Scot /
a magic spell
(often plural) a mischievous trick
(of an effect) produced by black magic
Origin of cantrip
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