Shifty blighter pinching Nimrod's trick

• Sleight-of-hand trick
• A swindling sleight-of-hand game
• Shell game
• Victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

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 ...

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.

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 ]