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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) thimblerig
a shell game in which thimblelike cups are used instead of shells.

2. (v.t.) thimblerig
to cheat by or as if by thimblerig.

Etymology: (1815–25)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shell game, thimblerig
a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Thimblerig
a sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea

2. (verb) Thimblerig
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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