thimblerigging

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Definition of thimblerigging in English English dictionary
thimblerig: 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
thimblerig: One operating such a game
thimblerig: To cheat in the thimblerig game
thimblerig: To cheat by trickery
thimblerig: A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea
thimblerig: 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
thimblerig: {f} cheat, swindle, deceive by a quick movement of the hands (in the "shell game" in which a ball is hidden under one of three shells and is moved quickly while the player must guess where the ball is located)
thimblerig: {i} game of deception in which a small ball is hidden under one of three cup shaped objects which are then moved about while onlookers try and guess the ball's location, shell game

thimblerigging

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