thimblerigging / ˈθɪm bəlˌrɪg /

顶针顶包顶针式的顶戴

thimblerigging 的 2 个定义

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

thim·ble·rigged, thim·ble·rig·ging.

  1. to cheat by or as by the thimblerig.

thimblerigging 近义词

thimblerigging

等同于 shell game

thimblerigging 的近义词 3 个

更多thimblerigging例句

  1. The real name of this man Crockett never told, but assigned to him the nickname “Thimblerig.”
  2. A Tory told me it was a second edition of the thimblerig speech, which, if so, will not do him good.
  3. How terribly alike are all human rogueries, whether the scene be a conference at Vienna, or the tent of a thimblerig at Ascot!