table-turning
Britishnoun
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the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
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derogatory spiritualism in general
Example Sentences
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There’s one table-turning moment you see coming from a mile away, but the seriousness with which she pulls it off makes it enjoyable anyway.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2020
Biden and Sanders no doubt have their top people working on table-turning debate bon mots as we speak.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2019
Men's Wearhouse clinched the table-turning US$1.8bn acquisition of its former suitor, Jos A. Bank, and Cerberus announced it was purchasing grocery operator Safeway in a deal involving about US$7.6bn of debt financing.
From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2014
And there's an arresting instance of table-turning when Stone delivers a long speech in British Sign Language without translation.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2012
Soon afterward, “An epidemic of table-turning had broken out …” and the number of England’s Spiritualists and spirit publications grew.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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