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    THIMBLERIG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    shell game; thimblerig

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("thimblerig" is a kind of...):

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

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