thimblerig

  1. Noun.  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.
  2. Noun.  One operating such a game.
  3. Verb.  To cheat in the thimblerig game.
  4. Verb.  To cheat by trickery.

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