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Shell game   /ʃɛl geɪm/   Listen
Shell game

noun
1.
A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under.  Synonym: thimblerig.





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"Shell game" Quotes from Famous Books



... where you were right. That is an old swindling trick, called the 'shell game'. If you had bet any money you would ...
— The Boy from the Ranch - Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences • Frank V. Webster


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