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Meanings of thimblerig in English

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

        Usage of thimblerig in English
        1
        Your genuine pietist would find a mystical sense in thimblerig.
        Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
        2
        I do not permit any man to thimblerig his debts to me into my debts to him.
        The Plum Tree
        3
        That dame can't thimblerig me!
        The Ivory Trail
        4
        The real name of this man Crockett never told, but assigned to him the nickname "Thimblerig."
        Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
        5
        He is to be seen escorting celebrated horsewoman, Fanny Highflyer, or in confidential converse with Lord Thimblerig, the eminent handicapper.
        The Book of Snobs
        6
        'You're a ringer for a circus thimblerig man.'
        The Gentle Grafter
        Thimblerig through the time