thimblerig

Etymology


From.

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 trickery; a shell game.
 * 2) One operating such a game.
 * 1) One operating such a game.
 * 1) One operating such a game.
 * 1) One operating such a game.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: тука има - тука няма
 * Hungarian: itt a piros
 * Russian: напёрстки
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: tatlong-didal


 * Russian:
 * Spanish: trilero, trilera

Verb

 * 1)  To cheat in the thimblerig game.
 * 2)  To cheat (someone) by trickery.
 * 1)  To cheat (someone) by trickery.