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thimblerig

noun

1 thimblerig

A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under.

synonym: shell game.

Roget 545: deception; falseness etc. 544; untruth etc. 546; imposition, imposture; fraud, deceit, guile; fraudulence, fraudulency; ... show more

Dutch: balletje-balletje


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