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THIMBLERIG
Etymology
Noun
thimblerig (plural thimblerigs)
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
One operating such a game.
Synonyms
• (game): shell game
• (operator): thimblerigger
Verb
thimblerig (third-person singular simple present thimblerigs, present participle thimblerigging, simple past and past participle thimblerigged)
To cheat in the thimblerig game.
To cheat by trickery.
Source: Wiktionary
Thim"ble*rig`, n.
Definition: A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
Thim"ble*rig`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.]
Definition: To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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