Thĭm'ble-rĭg1, n.
n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball.
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Thimble-rig
Thĭm'ble-rĭg2, v. t.
v. t. To cheat by tricks of legerdemain, especially by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of the thimbles, and quickly shifted to another.