Thimblerig

/ˈθɪmbəlɹɪɡ/

Synonyms for "thimblerig" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(1 words)
shell game
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Strong matches (21)

cogcog the diceconcon gameconfidence gamecozencribdefrauddiddledo indo out ofeuchrefiddlefinagleflamfleeceflimflamfob
Noun(3 words)
con gamedeceptionetymology

Related words (34)

fudgegoldbrickgougegullgyphavehocushocus-pocusmulctpack the dealpigeonpractice fraud uponramprookscamscrewsell gold bricksshaveshell gameshortchange
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skin gamestack the cardsstickstingswindletake a divethimbleriggingthrow a fightvictimize
Noun(5 words)
hustleorigin termrusescamtrick

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More general

11 entries
chance-based gamecheatdeception tacticfraudgambling gamegame of chancelexicographylinguistic studymanipulation methodrigswindle

More specific

6 entries
attested formbait and switchcup and ball gameearliest usagesmokescreenthree-shell game

Collocations

6 entries
con gamecup and ballmisdirectionrigged gameshell gamethree-shell game

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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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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‘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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