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thimblerig
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Thimblerig
(gcide) | Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, n.
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped
like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
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Thimblerig
(gcide) | Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged;
p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.]
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.
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thimblerig
(wn) | thimblerig
n 1: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of
three things a pellet is under [syn: shell game,
thimblerig] |
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Thimblerig
(gcide) | Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, n.
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped
like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
[1913 Webster]Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged;
p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.]
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.
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Thimblerigged
(gcide) | Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged;
p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.]
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.
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Thimblerigger
(gcide) | Thimblerigger \Thim"ble*rig`ger\, n.
One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
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Thimblerigging
(gcide) | Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged;
p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.]
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.
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