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Sleight-of-hand trick
Answer for the clue "Sleight-of-hand trick ", 10 letters:
thimblerig
Alternative clues for the word thimblerig
Word definitions for thimblerig in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under [syn: shell game ]
Usage examples of thimblerig.
Flight Subaltern Smith to his first duty station at Thimblerig Aerodrome in Augusta, Georgia.
Certain Caledonian Assembly bureaucrats with private agendas, professional sharpsters, sleazy corner-cutters, and thimblerigging entrepreneurs came to view her as a holy terror.