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hocus pocus
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hocus pocus
abracadabra, absurdity, amphigory, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, artful dodge, artifice, babble, babblement, bag of tricks, balderdash, bibble-babble, blabber, blather, blind, bluff, bombast, bosey, cabala, cabalism, catch, chicanery, chouse, claptrap, conjuration, curve, curve-ball, design, device, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, double-talk, drivel, drool, escamotage, esotericism, esoterics, esoterism, esotery, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, folderol, fudge, fustian, gabble, galimatias, gambit, gammon, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gimmick, gobbledygook, googly, hanky-panky, hokey-pokey, humbug, incantation, jabber, jargon, jiggery-pokery, joker, juggle, jugglery, juggling, legerdemain, magic formula, magic words, monkey business, mumbo jumbo, mystery, mysticism, mystification, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, occultism, open sesame, pack of nonsense, palaver, pass, ploy, prate, prattle, prestidigitation, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, ruse, scheme, scurvy trick, shift, skimble-skamble, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, stratagem, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, subterfuge, symbolics, symbolism, trash, trick, trickery, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vaporing, waffling, wile, yoga, yogeeism, yogism
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