Thimblerigger
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who cheats by thimblerigging, or similar tricks involving sleight of hand.
"“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”"
Synonyms
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More examples"“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”"
Etymology
From thimblerig + -er or thimble + rigger.
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