On Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:49:15 EDT Bapopik at AOL.COM writes: <<MIRRORS I don't know what the OED has now. The only cite is Agatha Christie's THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS (1952). A story in THIS WEEK magazine, NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 27 October 1940, pg. 7, is: _DONE WITH MIRRORS_>> Which is older for sleight of hand, done-with-mirrors or smoke-and-mirrors? ~Owen