3syllables
thimblerig
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Definitions ofthimblerig
1noun
- 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.
1verb
- To cheat in the thimblerig game.
- To cheat by trickery.
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