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单词 thimblerigger
释义 thimblerigger|ˈθɪmb(ə)lˌrɪgə(r)|
[f. thimblerig n. + -er1.]
A professional sharper who cheats by thimblerigging; also transf. one who cheats by means of tricks, or juggles with phrases, etc.
1831Lincoln Herald 7 Oct. 4/4 An altercation took place between some countrymen and the thimble-riggers, on a charge of cheating.1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. ix. (1894) 202 A cross between a prizefighter and a thimble⁓rigger.1891T. Hardy Tess xviii, A firm believer—not as the phrase is now elusively construed by theological thimble⁓riggers in the Church and out of it.
Hence ˈthimbleˌriggery, thimblerigging.
1841Blackw. Mag. L. 178 Lying and thimbleriggery assume high privilege.1841R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. l. 399 The noble art of ‘thimble-riggery’.
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