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  2. thimblerigs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. thimblerigs: Wiktionary
  4. thimblerigs: Dictionary.com
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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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