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单词 thimblerig
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thimblerign.

/ˈθɪmb(ə)lrɪɡ/
Etymology: < thimble n. + rig n.5 1; literally ‘thimble-trick’.
1. A swindling game usually played with three thimbles (see thimble n. 2c) and a pea which was ostensibly placed under one of them; the sharper then challenging the bystanders to guess under which the pea had been placed, and to bet on their choice; a cheat similar to the three-card trick.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun]
thimblerig1825
coddam1830
thimblerigging1839
thimbleriggery1841
three-card trick1887
tip-it1889
shell-game1890
find the lady1918
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 768 An unfair game known among the frequenters of races and fairs by the name of ‘the thimble rig’.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. vii. 300 I will start alone, and appear to know no more of you, than one of the cads of the thimble-rig knows of the pea-holder.
1856 J. D. Chambers Strictures on Judgm. in Westerton v. Liddell 139 (note) The manipulations of a sharper with cups and balls on his gambling table, commonly called thimblerig.
1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 13.
2. = thimblerigger n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > a sharper, swindler
hawk1548
huckster1556
shifterc1562
coney-catcher1591
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
guller1602
gull-groper1602
poop-noddy1616
int1631
shirk1639
knight of industrya1658
hockettor1672
biter1680
sharper1681
duffer1735
sharp1797
diddler1803
chevalier of industry1807
flat-catcher1821
thimble-man1830
thimblerigger1831
thimblerig1839
riggerc1840
chevalier of fortune1867
flim-flammer1881
spiv1929
sharpie1942
shrewd1954
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] > player
thimble-man1830
thimblerigger1831
thimblerig1839
charley-pitcher1859
shell-man1902
1839 Fraser's Mag. 20 355 Greatly applauded by all the thimblerigs of the fauxbourgs.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.
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1834 Littleton in Parl. Deb. 4 July 3rd Ser. 24 1206 His right hon. friend (Mr. Stanley)..had chosen to describe him (Mr. Littleton) as a thimble~rig player, in consequence of the changes that he had made in the clauses of that Bill.
1856 T. A. Trollope Girlhood C. de Medici Notes 352 A good deal of confusion as to the dates of these thimblerig-like transactions exists in the narratives of the historians.
1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xviii. 157 Epsom Downs... There are..tumblers, jugglers, boxers, thimble-rig men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

thimblerigv.

Etymology: < thimblerig n.: apparently first used in verbal noun and present participle.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthimblerig.
1. intransitive. To practise the cheat of the thimblerig; also figurative to cheat in a juggling manner or as with sleight of hand.
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1839 [see thimblerigging n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1900) XIII. 310 The different degrees of rascality, as exhibited in each face of the thimblerigging trio.
2. transitive. To manipulate (a matter or thing) in this manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
dernc893
mitheeOE
wryOE
buryc1175
hidec1200
dilla1300
laina1375
keepa1382
wrapa1382
cover1382
conceala1393
curea1400
shroud1412
veilc1460
smorec1480
cele1484
suppress1533
wrap1560
smoulder1571
squat1577
muffle1582
estrange1611
screen1621
lock1646
umbrage1675
reserve1719
restrict1802
hugger-mugger1803
mask1841
ward1881
thimblerig1899
marzipan1974
1899 Daily News 31 Jan. 5/3 M. Lebret passes quickly over the legal aspect of the case—thimblerigs it so to speak.

Derivatives

ˈthimblerigged adj. /-rɪɡd/ duped by the game of thimblerig; disturbed or affected by thimblerigging, as a market; = rigged adj.4
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective] > fooled, duped
foolified1584
fool-taken1608
cozened1610
gullified1624
gulled1647
sweet1673
bubbled1681
bilked1682
imposed-upon1706
cheated1709
duped1756
pigeoned1777
swindled1809
thimblerigged1840
befooled1842
bamboozled1866
spoofed1958
dicked1972
1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1900) XIII. 310 Is any man so blind that he cannot see the exact face that is writhing under the thimblerigged hero's hat?
1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Thimblerigged, an expression in general use descriptive of speculative operations in the stock, produce, or other markets by combination for other than legitimate trade or market requirements.
ˈthimblerigging n. and adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action
bulling1532
cogging1570
cozening1576
coney-catching1591
fool-taking1592
gulling1600
bat-fowling1602
sharking1602
imposturing1618
mountebanking1672
shamming1677
sharping1692
fineering1765
overreachinga1774
pigeoning1808
flat-catching1821
thimble-shifting1834
thimblerigging1839
strawing1851
thimbling1857
fiddling1884
piking1884
ramping1891
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun]
thimblerig1825
coddam1830
thimblerigging1839
thimbleriggery1841
three-card trick1887
tip-it1889
shell-game1890
find the lady1918
1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i. Don't let us have any juggling and thimblerigging with virtue and vice.
1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. I. xxi. 271 Gambling tents and thimble-rigging..had not then been stopped by the police.
1889 St. G. Mivart Origin Human Reason 92 That ‘intellectual thimble-rigging’ which all men of the sensist school..must perform.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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