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Definition of Thimblerig
1. Noun. A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under.
Definition of Thimblerig
1. n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Thimblerig
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. One operating such a game. ¹
3. Verb. To cheat in the thimblerig game. ¹
4. Verb. To cheat by trickery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thimblerig
1. [v -RIGGED, -RIGGING, -RIGS]
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