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prettygoodword) wrote2007-07-25 07:22 am
prettygoodword) wrote2007-07-25 07:22 am
thimblerig
thimblerig - n., another name for the shell game.
In which you have to guess which of three shells/thimbles/bottle-caps the pea/pellet/marble is, after shuffling -- the trick being the small round object is easy to palm, so you'll never get it right. From the use of thimbles in the rig.
---L.
In which you have to guess which of three shells/thimbles/bottle-caps the pea/pellet/marble is, after shuffling -- the trick being the small round object is easy to palm, so you'll never get it right. From the use of thimbles in the rig.
---L.