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thimblerig
/ˈθɪmbəlɹɪɡ/
noun 2verb 2
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1THIMBLERIG + NOUN
debts, man
Definitions
noun
1
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand tricke
He’ll muddle away the Begum’s fortune at thimble-rig, be caught picking pockets, and finish on board the hulks.
‘Great Barnums?’ says I. ‘You're a ringer for a circus thimblerig man.’
2
One operating such a game.
verb
1
To cheat in the thimblerig game.
Old Pratt is a different kind of crook—a psalm-singing, pussyfooted old buccaneer, teaching a Bible class on Sundays and thimblerigging in Wall Street on week days.
2
To cheat (someone) by trickery.
The favor is to you. I do not permit any man to thimblerig his debts to me into my debts to him.
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He’ll muddle away the Begum’s fortune at thimble-rig, be caught picking pockets, and finish on board the hulks.
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‘Great Barnums?’ says I. ‘You're a ringer for a circus thimblerig man.’
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Old Pratt is a different kind of crook—a psalm-singing, pussyfooted old buccaneer, teaching a Bible class on Sundays and thimblerigging in Wall Street on week days.
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The favor is to you. I do not permit any man to thimblerig his debts to me into my debts to him.
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