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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]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thimblerig
Literary usage of Thimblerig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oddities in Southern Life and Character by Henry Watterson (1910)
"... who had crawled over from Natchez under the hill, and was amusing the passengers
with his skill at thimblerig ; at the same time he was picking up their ..."
2. The Story of the Filibusters by James Jeffrey Roche, Davy Crockett (1891)
"The manager cast his eye upon the long, gaunt figure of the unfortunate thimblerig,
and cast him for the hinder legs, the rump, and part of the back of the ..."
3. The Story of the Filibusters by James Jeffrey Roche (1891)
"The manager cast his eye upon the long, gaunt figure of the unfortunate thimblerig,
and cast him for the hinder legs, the rump, and part of the back of the ..."
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