antedating misdirection (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED has 1937 for the conjuring sense of the word.

Henry Ridgely Evans "Introduction The Mysteries of Modern Magic" in
_Magic Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick
Photography_ edited by Albert A. Hopkins.  NY:  Munn & Co., 1897 p 22.

" His 'misdirection,' to use a technical expression, was beyond
expression."
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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