hocus-pocuser

Example Sentences

• "Such may be the interpretation of this phrase; and such may be the sense in which thousands of democrats will take it; but such is not the sense in which the Texas hocus pocusers mean it."
• "Old Plu had promised, as per Admiral Fitzroy’s patent hocus-pocusser, to give us a taste of his quality; and it is unnecessary, in this connection, to observe that the venerable disciple of Swithin the Saint was as good as his word."
• "And when they make the still further complaint that unless they worm their way into the personal favor of the reviewers by hocus-pocus of one sort or another, such as seeking advice on actors, beseeching a conference over a play manuscript, u. s. w., they will receive treatment not so kind as that vouchsafed a more proficient hocus-pocuser, they say, too, what may or may not, for aught I know, be true."
• "A well-known movie actress (who rose to fame in the last year) just bought up her old negatives from M. Korman, the hocus-pocusser. They included several nudes …"
• "Howard Brooks, the hocus pocuser at Esquire, will break in one new trick and two new gags next week …"
• "YOUR SENTRY on the Dawn Patrol will have a very tough time of it this evening. It seems that everybody has suddenly decided on a new show. The Clover Club brings in an entirely new one, with the Velero sisters, the hocus pocusser Guili-Guili and others."