1. a sleight-of-hand swindling game resembling thimblerig but employing walnut shells or the like instead of thimblelike cups.
2. any deceit, swindle, fraud, or the like.
[ 1885-90, Amer. ]
1. a sleight-of-hand swindling game resembling thimblerig but employing walnut shells or the like instead of thimblelike cups.
2. any deceit, swindle, fraud, or the like.
[ 1885-90, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012