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Definition of Ventriloquism
Ventriloquism

The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc.

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Ventriloquism Quotations

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
Illeana Douglas

I think television defeats ventriloquism.
Paul Winchell

Ventriloquism today is in a slump.
Paul Winchell

Ventriloquism Translations

ventriloquism in German is Bauchreden, Bauchredens
ventriloquism in Spanish is ventriloquia

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