The phrase "a trick and a" is not complete on its own, but it is grammatically correct and can be used in written English when followed by additional context.
You can use it when discussing a situation that involves deception or cleverness, typically in a playful or informal context.
Example: "He pulled a trick and a surprise on his friends during the party, leaving everyone in awe."
Alternatives: "a ruse and a" or "a scheme and a".
Some readers were skeptical, convinced it was a trick, and a few were oddly taken by the dancer's shapely silhouette.
But the commercial technique of exploiting personal data to target advertising is a trick and a government department shouldn't aspire to trick people even if it thinks it's for their own good.
It was Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland — I-Pod to his friends — who won the gold medal by doing a trick and a run that White and the others could not match.
"The army and police and the security organisations are much stronger than they [Isis] are, but there was a trick and a conspiracy," said Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.
It was based on a lie, a trick and a deliberately false complaint". The court heard that Shannon knew nothing about the scheme and had been deceived into accepting a lift from Donovan on her way home from a school swimming trip in February, when he promised to take her to a fair.
Jon Cruddas, who was given the role by Ed Miliband earlier this year, said Labour had "missed a trick" and a Labour Big Society would be a "major plank" of the policy review.
(South finessed this way because he did not want East to win a trick and push a spade through).
Meanwhile, Joe's sister, Theresa (Hilary Mann), robs her boss, turns a trick and boards a plane for Los Angeles.
It is a hell of a trick and may be the best part of his charm.
Remember that when you cannot win a trick and have a sequence of honor cards you wish to advertise, play the highest of your sequence.
But the Errata are a trick, and not even a new trick.
