trickwork

English

Etymology

trick +‎ -work

Noun

trickwork (uncountable)

  1. Trickery of an artistic or spectacular kind.
    • 2009, Monica Chiu, Asian Americans in New England: Culture and Community, page 80:
      […] another popular acrobatic company from Great Britain recognized for its pantomimes and trickwork.
    • 2013, Joel Schechter, Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook, page 16:
      So popular was trickwork and spectacle with nineteenth-century audiences, in fact, that hundreds of plays were written solely as vehicles for magic, special effects, or elaborately trapped settings.
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