Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for JUG'GLER
JUG'GLER, n. [Sp. juglar; Fr. jongleur; It. giocolatore; D. guichelær.]
- One who practices or exhibits tricks by slight of hand; one who makes sport by tricks of extraordinary dexterity, by which the spectator is deceived. Jugglers are punishable by law.
- A cheat; a deceiver; a trickish fellow. – Shak.
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