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  2. Hocus-pocus - Wikipedia

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    Hocus-pocus is a reference to the actions of magicians, often as the stereotypical magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change. It was once a common term for a magician, juggler , or other similar entertainers .

  3. Magic word - Wikipedia

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    Hocus pocus – a phrase used by magicians. Jantar Mantar Jadu Mantar – a phrase used by magicians in India. Presto chango or Hey Presto – used by magicians (probably intended to suggest "quick change"). [3]

  4. 20 details you probably missed in 'Hocus Pocus' - AOL

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    "Hocus Pocus" was released in 1993, but fans of the Halloween film may have missed these details. There are several references to Salem, Massachusetts , and its history with witchcraft.

  5. Hocus Pocus - Wikipedia

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    Hocus-pocus is an exclamation used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change. Hocus Pocus , Hokus Pokus , or variants may also refer to: Books

  6. 22 Bewitching Secrets You Didn’t Know About “Hocus Pocus ...

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    Hocus Pocus also shares a house with American Beauty Disney Omri Katz as Max Dennison and Thackery Binx the cat, voiced by Jason Marsden, in a scene from 1993's 'Hocus Pocus'.

  7. The Most Iconic 'Hocus Pocus' Quotes to Get You Through ... - AOL

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    One thing I will always stand behind: Hocus Pocus is and will a-l-w-a-y-s be an elite Halloween movie. I mean, besides maybe the Addams, the Sanderson sisters are one of the most iconic families ...

  8. Abracadabra - Wikipedia

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    Abracadabra is of unknown origin, and is first attested in a second-century work of Serenus Sammonicus. [1]Some conjectural etymologies are: [2] from phrases in Hebrew that mean "I will create as I speak", [3] or Aramaic "I create like the word" (אברא כדברא), [4] to etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas [5] or to its similarity to the first four ...

  9. Sarah Jessica Parker played a witch in 'Hocus Pocus.' Then ...

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    Sarah Jessica Parker famously plays a witch — the spells, the brooms and the general running "amok, amok, amok" — in the 1993 Halloween classic Hocus Pocus.Her character, the ditzy and flirty ...