All the kids are out in the schoolyard practicing their walking and their palming so they can be like Mike.

She reached out herself and "plucked" the calculator from the interior with a neat bit of sleight-of-hand palming.

Hawk was too big in his frame to have ever been a pickpocket, but in all the other tricks of palming he became an expert.

The palming of cards, the switch, the squeeze when, convinced that he could not lose, the gambler would allow greed to dull his caution.

"A little nose writing, followed by a few minutes of palming. . . will result in a perceptible temporary improvement of defective vision," he writes.

And hark ye, landlord, no palming off your stale, musty goods as fresh, or of your washy French wines for the true Hainault vintage.

Of course, despite Banks's little crack the previous day, Annie hadn't tracked down Dalton at the Fox and Hounds, and she felt a little guilty about palming Hatchley off on him.

Benden hustled the naked, barefooted colonist down the companionway to the airlock and, palming the control for the inner hatch, shoved him inside, motioned for Greene to throw in the gold, and closed the hatch again.

Since you made such a point of demanding an explanation, perhaps you would like to know that my little illusion with the five playing-cards and the disappearing silver dollars was achieved by a combination of classic palming and a card force.

Night after night, in my chilly room above the arch, I stood before a full-length mirror and practised palming and forcing, shuffling cards and spreading them, passing and fanning them, discovering different ways of cutting and feinting.

Under the chafing of ropes and wires, the press of capstan spokes, the palming of marlinspike, my hands became a maze of cuts, scratches, and bruises, until they seemed little more than bloody claws; what would have healed in minutes or hours on Thistledown, now took days.

But most Americans do not believe in a universe where Johnny Chung hustles Presidential photo ops, Vice President Al Gore's telephoning is described as a model of political dignity and Maggie Williams's palming of a $50,000 check is praised as artful handling of a strained social situation.

I have her right in the palm of my hand!

Since going public, Palm has done well as a company.

And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

He held up his hand, palm down, less than five feet from the floor.

She turned her face into the palm of his hand.

He held something up on the palm of one hand.

She held something out to him in the palm of her hand.

Another went clear through her left hand, right on the palm.

He held out his palm so the other man could see them.

He held one big hand, palm down, about four feet off the ground.

He, too, held out both hands and turned the palm of his right hand down.

We could have him in the palm of our hand.

Some I could hold on the palm of my hand.

He was also involved in the development of the nation's palm oil industry.

All the information is available at the palm of their hand.

Federal, state, and local government in the palm of your hand.

In the name of the Palm, together we can be strong enough!

He held his hand palm up in front of her.

He held out his right hand, looked at the palm.

You had them in the palm of your hand for two hours.

He set her down in front of 305 and held out his palm for the key.

No, we hold one another in the palms of our hands.

In the palm of his hand was a small white star.

It was still all in the palm of his hand.

When he put his hand against it, the palm came away red.

The key had been palmed in her hand all along.

She went to the door, palmed it, and looked around for the last time.

He palmed the head of one as they went up the steps.

At the same time he palmed the door to the room shut.

He palmed the door shut and went to the computer.

Surely we should not be palmed off with any sort of American word play?

He did so, then palmed the door pad on the inside.

He palmed the microphone to keep his next words private with her.

He palmed another knife, but kept this one for himself.

He had a business card palmed and passed it on to me.

Palming a number of small bombs as I put it back.

Palming it in her left hand, she walked to the inner door.

From here, the card can be transferred or palmed off.

I missed and was palming the side of her breast.

I palmed off the lights, then turned my back on the darkness.

She palmed a control on the arm of her command chair.

He palmed the tears from one cheek and then the other.

I palmed a gold piece, let her see a flash.

The bartender nodded and palmed the bill without saying a word.

He strode across the room, palmed the plate on the wall.

He palmed the mask to his face and waited for the door to open.

He palmed the blade shut and closed the door behind him.

Palming the weapon, he ran along the short cliff face.