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thimblerig |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thimblerigged}; p. pr & vb n. {Thimblerigging}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thimblerig n : a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under [syn: {shell game}]
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