1625. Jonson, Staple of News, ii. That was the old way, gossip,
when Iniquity came in [on the stage] like Hokos Pokos, in a
juggler’s jerkin, with false skirts, like the knave of clubs.
1634. Hocus Pocus Junior, The Anatomie of Leger de main. [Title].
1656. Blount, Glossographia, s.v. Hocus Pocus, a juggler, one that
shows tricks by sleight of hand.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hocus-pocus, a Juggler that
shews Tricks by Slight of Hand.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.