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juggling machine
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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among Indians, a small, hut-like structure used by a medicine man (def. 1a) to demonstrate his magical powers by freeing himself from bonds and conversing with spirits.
Quotations
1802
Before his conversation with the spirit his juggling machine always appeared in motion, bending to and fro as if shaken by the wind. . . .