He’ll muddle away the Begum’s fortune at thimble-rig, be caught picking pockets, and finish on board the hulks.
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Thimblerig
//ˈθɪmbəlɹɪɡ//
Synonyms for "thimblerig" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (31)
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10 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- тука има - тука няма noun (sleight-of-hand betting game — see also shell game)
Hungarian
1 entries- itt a piros noun (sleight-of-hand betting game — see also shell game)
Polish
2 entries- gra w trzy kubki i groszek noun (sleight-of-hand betting game — see also shell game)
- osoba prowadząca grę w trzy kubki i groszek noun (person operating such a game — see also thimblerigger)
Russian
2 entries- напёрстки noun (sleight-of-hand betting game — see also shell game)
- напёрсточник noun (person operating such a game — see also thimblerigger)
Spanish
3 entries- trile noun (sleight-of-hand betting game — see also shell game)
- trilera noun (person operating such a game — see also thimblerigger)
- trilero noun (person operating such a game — see also thimblerigger)
Tagalog
1 entries- tatlong-didal noun (sleight-of-hand betting game — see also shell game)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
‘Great Barnums?’ says I. ‘You're a ringer for a circus thimblerig man.’
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Old Pratt is a different kind of crook—a psalm-singing, pussyfooted old buccaneer, teaching a Bible class on Sundays and thimblerigging in Wall Street on week days.
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The favor is to you. I do not permit any man to thimblerig his debts to me into my debts to him.
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