This flashcard defines "palmer" as a pilgrim, an itinerant monk, or someone who hides cards or other objects in magic tricks or cheating at games. The word originates from the Latin for "palm," referring to the palm of the hand and later to the palm branch that pilgrims brought back as proof of their pilgrimage.
Este flashcard define "palmer" como um peregrino, um monge itinerante ou alguém que esconde cartas ou outros objetos em truques de mágica ou em jogos de azar. A palavra tem origem no latim para "palma", referindo-se à palma da mão e, mais tarde, ao ramo de palmeira que os peregrinos traziam como prova de sua peregrinação.
| Back | palmer /PAH-muhr/ |
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| Front | noun 1. A pilgrim. 2. An itinerant monk. 3. One who conceals a card or another object in a magic trick or in cheating in a game. [From Latin palma (palm tree, palm of the hand). The name of the palm tree derives from the resemblance of the shape of its frond to the palm of a hand. In Medieval Europe, a pilgrim brought back a palm branch as a token of his pilgrimage. Earliest documented use: 1300. Also see palmy & palmary.] "For the profane palmer the tour might indeed have been little more than a grand debauch, but for a devoted pilgrim like Jefferson it was something more." - Michael Knox Beran; Jefferson's Demons; Free Press; 2003. "That was magic -- not the apparent magic of the silk-hatted card-palmer, or the bold, brute trickery of the escape artist, but the genuine magic of art." - Michael Chabon; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay; Random House; 2000. |
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