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thimblerig

/thim-buhl-rig/US // ˈθɪm bəlˌrɪg //UK // (ˈθɪmbəlˌrɪɡ) //

顶针,顶嘴,顶针式的,顶针式

Related Words

con game骗局游戏,骗局,骗人游戏,骗子游戏thimblerigging顶针,顶包,顶针式的,顶戴shell game贝壳游戏,炮弹游戏,壳游戏,空壳游戏

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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. 1

    thim·ble·rigged, thim·ble·rig·ging.

    • : to cheat by or as by the thimblerig.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inshell game
Synonyms
bunco game邦科游戏,邦克游戏,邦科游戏机,文库游戏con game骗局游戏,骗局,骗人游戏,骗子游戏thimblerigging顶针,顶包,顶针式的,顶戴
as inthree-card monte
Synonyms
shell game贝壳游戏,炮弹游戏,壳游戏,空壳游戏

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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