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Thimblerig

Thimblerig logo #10101) Cheat 2) Scam
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Thimblerig

Thimblerig logo #10101) Cheat 2) Shell game 3) Swindle
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Thimblerig

Thimblerig logo #21002• (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea. • (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 t...
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Thimblerig

Thimblerig logo #20972Thim'ble·rig` noun A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
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