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 Definitions of shell game  [ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ ɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'shell game' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) shell game
a swindling game in which a small object is supposedly hidden under one of three walnut shells or the like and bets are made.

2.  shell game
any swindle or fraud.

Etymology:  (1885–90, Amer.)

Definition of 'shell game' 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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