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    [Noun]  | "thim*ble*rig" | \ ˈthim-bəl-ˌrig \


    1: a swindling trick in which a small ball or pea is quickly shifted from under one to another of three small cups to fool the spectator guessing its location

    2: one who manipulates the cup in thimblerig : thimblerigger


    Origin: 1826 ;

    [Verb]  | "thimblerig" 


    1: to cheat by trickery

    2: to swindle by thimblerig


    Origin: 1839 ;

    [Noun]  | "thimblerig" 


    1: as in three-card monte;


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    [Verb]  | "thimblerig" 


    1: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;


      * e.g., " ... had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady "



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