Definitions for: Thimblerig


[n] a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under



Webster (1913) Definition: Thim"ble*rig`, n.
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped
like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.


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 he knows under which
cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.

Synonyms: shell game

See Also: cheat, rig, swindle

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