thimblerig
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: thim‧ble‧rig
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
Translations
Sleight-of-hand betting game
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Person operating such a game
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Verb
thimblerig (third-person singular simple present thimblerigg, present participle ing, simple past and past participle thimbleriged)