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- Thimblerig - n. - A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
- Thimblerig - v. t. - To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
- Thimblerigged - imp. & p. p. - of Thimblerig
- Thimblerigger - n. - One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
- Thimblerigging - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Thimblerig