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Definition of a smoke and mirrors

smoke and mirrors

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Other terms relating to 'and':

Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Definitions include: "rain".
Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
Definitions include: clumsy.
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Definitions include: et cetera.
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
Definitions include: interjection of agreement.

Other terms relating to 'mirror':

Definitions include: a person who is like everyone else, with no quirks, flair, or technical skill.

Other terms relating to 'smoke':

Definitions include: Nearest big city.
Definitions include: to make unfounded or exaggerated remarks or claims.
Definitions include: a person who performs fellatio.
Definitions include: to fail.
Definitions include: interjection of surprise or alarm.
Definitions include: an exclamation of surprise.
Definitions include: a person who can make a marijuana smoking device out of whatever objects happen to be nearby.
Definitions include: a homosexual male.
Definitions include: general retort; "How do you like that?"
Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
Definitions include: to smoke the contents of a bowl containing marijuana.
Definitions include: to perform oral sex on a male.
Definitions include: Someone who doesn't know what they're talking about.
Definitions include: to smoke dope, i.e. to smoke marijuana.
Definitions include: an insulting retort; "suck (one's) dick".

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