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thimblerig
▪ I. thimblerig, n. (ˈθɪmb(ə)lrɪg) [f. thimble + rig n.5 2; lit. ‘thimble-trick’.] 1. A swindling game usually played with three thimbles (see thimble 2 c) and a pea which was ostensibly placed under one of them; the sharper then challenging the bystanders to guess under which the pea had been place... Oxford English Dictionary
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thimblerigger
thimblerigger (ˈθɪmb(ə)lˌrɪgə(r)) [f. thimblerig n. + -er1.] A professional sharper who cheats by thimblerigging; also transf. one who cheats by means of tricks, or juggles with phrases, etc.1831 Lincoln Herald 7 Oct. 4/4 An altercation took place between some countrymen and the thimble-riggers, on ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (film)
While traveling to San Antonio, they are joined by Thimblerig, a riverboat gambler, and Busted Luck, a Comanche tribesman. George Russell, Thimblerig, Busted Luck, Travis, and a bedridden Colonel Bowie are all killed, leaving Crockett the sole defender standing. wikipedia.org
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Shell game
The game has also been called "thimblerig" as it could be played using sewing thimbles. The first recorded use of the term "thimblerig" is in 1826. A thimblerig team (comprising operator and confederates) was depicted in William Powell Frith's 1858 painting, The Derby Day. wikipedia.org
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thimble
thimble, n. (ˈθɪmb(ə)l) Forms: α. 1 þ{yacu}mel, 5–6 thymelle, -yl(le, thymle, themel, -elle, -yl(le, (5 thomelle, timmele), 9 dial. thimmel. β. 5 thymbyl(l, thomble, 6 thymble, -bel(l, -bil(l, thumble, (tymble), 6–7 thimbell, 6– thimble. [OE. þ{yacu}mel, f. þ{uacu}ma thumb + -el, -le, suffix forming... Oxford English Dictionary
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Hans Conried
1953) as Professor Amos Pomfritt Ben and Me (1953, short subject) as Thomas Jefferson / Crook (voice) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) as Thimblerig wikipedia.org
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rigging
▪ I. rigging, (vbl.) n.1 Sc. and north. dial. (ˈrɪgɪŋ) Also 4 ryggyng, 5–6 -ynge, 6 riggyng (riging), 7 -inge; 6 riggein, 6, 8–9 riggen, 7 -ine, -an, 8–9 riggin. [f. rig n.1 or v.1: cf. ridging vbl. n.] 1. a. The ridge or roof of a building; also, the making of a ridge or ridges (rare).1399 Mem. Rip... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Alamo (1960 film)
Denver Pyle as Thimblerig (the Gambler), one of Crockett's Tennessee volunteers. wikipedia.org
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Cups and balls
It was taken by early Egyptologists Wilkinson and Newberry as evidence that the cups and balls effect, or its related deceptive gambling game, thimblerig wikipedia.org
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Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre production history
Coburn The Tempest by William Shakespeare Thimblerig by Alf Silver A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill Side by Side by Sondheim music and lyrics wikipedia.org
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List of confidence tricks
Monte Three-card Monte, "find the queen", the "three-card trick", or "follow the lady" is essentially the same as the centuries-older shell game or thimblerig wikipedia.org
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