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Definition

To do something surprising and beneficial that is unexpected.

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Origins

In reference to a popular conjuring trick.

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In Context

  • "But Salmond the magician's dazzle has not pulled those crucial rabbits out of his hat. Not on tax and spending, on the currency union which he wants (but rUK does not), on Scotland's relations with an EU which does not want this aggro."