SHELL GAME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

shell game; thimblerig

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shell game" is a kind of...):

cheat; rig; swindle (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)

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