Definitions from Wiktionary (thimblerig)
▸ 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.
▸ noun: One operating such a game.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.
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▸ 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.
▸ noun: One operating such a game.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.
▸ Also see thimblerig
▸ Words similar to thimblerigs
▸ Usage examples for thimblerigs
▸ Idioms related to thimblerigs
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing thimblerigs
▸ Words that often appear near thimblerigs
▸ Rhymes of thimblerigs
▸ Invented words related to thimblerigs