thimblerigging
/thim-buhl-rig/US // ˈθɪm bəlˌrɪg //UK // (ˈθɪmbəlˌrɪɡ) //
顶针,顶包,顶针式的,顶戴
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n.名词 noun
- 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 cups about, offers to bet that no one can tell under which cup the pellet or pea lies.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
thim·ble·rigged, thim·ble·rig·ging.
- : to cheat by or as by the thimblerig.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inshell game
Examples
The real name of this man Crockett never told, but assigned to him the nickname “Thimblerig.”
A Tory told me it was a second edition of the thimblerig speech, which, if so, will not do him good.
How terribly alike are all human rogueries, whether the scene be a conference at Vienna, or the tent of a thimblerig at Ascot!
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