The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
thimblerigging — n. game of deception in which a small ball is hidden under one of three cup shaped objects which are then moved about while onlookers try and guess the ball s location, shell game v. cheat, swindle, deceive by a quick movement of the hands (in… … English contemporary dictionary
thimblerigging — thimˈblerigging noun • • • Main Entry: ↑thimble … Useful english dictionary
Thimblerig — Thim ble*rig , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thimblerigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thimblerigging}.] To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thimblerigged — Thimblerig Thim ble*rig , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thimblerigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thimblerigging}.] To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thimblerigger — Thim ble*rig ger, n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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thimblerig — thimblerigger, n. /thim beuhl rig /, n., v., thimblerigged, thimblerigging. n. 1. a sleight of hand swindling game in which the operator palms a pellet or pea while appearing to cover it with one of three thimblelike cups, and then, moving the… … Universalium
boiler room — Synonyms and related words: Klaxon, boiler factory, brokerage, brokerage house, brokerage office, bucket shop, bull roarer, bunco game, catcall, cherry bomb, clack, clacker, clapper, con game, confidence game, cracker, cricket, firecracker,… … Moby Thesaurus
bucket shop — Synonyms and related words: barroom, boiler room, boozer, brokerage, brokerage house, brokerage office, bunco game, con game, confidence game, drinkery, fall to, goldbrick, jump in, set to, shell game, skin game, stockbrokerage, thimblerig,… … Moby Thesaurus
goldbrick — Synonyms and related words: abandon, boiler room, bucket shop, bum, bunco game, bungler, clock watcher, con game, confidence game, cut, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, diddler, dillydallier, disregarder, do nothing, dodge, dodger, dog it, dolittle,… … Moby Thesaurus
