資料來源 : pyDict
隱豆戲法變隱豆戲法,欺騙
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thimblerigged};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Thimblerigging}.]
To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or
small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to
another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which
cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
資料來源 : WordNet®
thimblerig
n : a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of
three things a pellet is under [syn: {shell game}]