slight of hand or sleight of hand “Sleight” is an old word meaning “cleverness, skill,” and the properexpression is “sleight of hand.” It’s easy to understand why it’sconfused with “slight’since the two words are pronounced in exactly thesame way. Facebook Twitter Google + Do you make these 10 mistakes? soundbyte vs sound bite all for not vs all for naught ruff vs rough gaurd vs guard stood vs stayed lense vs lens acapella vs a capella vs a cappella pastorial vs pastoral notate vs note greatful vs grateful
News & Articles slight of hand 12 old words that survived by getting fossilized in idioms Sleight of hand(not "slight of hand" as it's often misspelled) helped the Middle English word "sleight" survive obsolescence June 14, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News sleight of hand 12 old words that survived by getting fossilized in idioms Sleight of hand(not "slight of hand" as it's often misspelled) helped the Middle English word "sleight" survive obsolescence June 14, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News 12 old words that survived by getting fossilized in idioms Sleight of hand(not "slight of hand" as it's often misspelled) helped the Middle English word "sleight" survive obsolescence June 14, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News