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leg-pull

informal Brit a practical joke or mild deception

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leg′-pull`

an amusing hoax, practical joke, or the like.

[1910–15]

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Noun

leg-pull - as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true

leg-pulling

jest, joke, jocularity - activity characterized by good humor

Translations

leg-pull

[ˈlegpʊl] N → broma f, tomadura f de pelo

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leg-pull

[ˈlɛgˌpʊl] n (fam) → scherzo

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Piotr Anderszewski, directing from the keyboard, rightly didn't seek expressive depth in the gently reflective slow movement but in the Hungarian Rondo was too intent on maintaining a breakneck tempo which, while exciting, left behind the music's jaunty humour, Haydn's leg-pulls and knowing winks at the audience.

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It is all so very predictable by now, and unless a new direction is found, we can expect more of the same next year, the same old prepubescent leg-pulls masquerading as fine art, the same old self-aggrandisement and back-slapping.

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