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Meaning Of Thimblerig
n.
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups,
shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
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.