presto change-o

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Definition of presto change-o in English English dictionary

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presto change-o

Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another

But then that little psychopath Willie Bosket murdered a couple of subway riders for the hell of it when he was fifteen and -- presto change-o! -- a new law was born.

Hyphenation

pres-to change-o

Etymology

() presto + rhyming variation of change