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thimblerig

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈθɪmbəlɹɪɡ/Part of speech nounSorted beghiilmrtStarts with TEnds with G0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

Word origin

From thimble + rig.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.’
  • 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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