thimbleriggern.
/ˈθɪmb(ə)lˌrɪɡə/ A professional sharper who cheats by thimblerigging; also transferred one who cheats by means of tricks, or juggles with phrases, etc.
ΘΚΠ
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
1831 Lincoln Herald 7 Oct. 4/4 An altercation took place between some countrymen and the thimble-riggers, on a charge of cheating.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) ix. 202 A cross between a prizefighter and a thimble~rigger.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xviii. 230 A firm believer—not as the phrase is now elusively construed by theological thimble-riggers in the Church and out of it.
Derivatives
ˈthimbleˌriggery n. thimblerigging.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]
falsec1000
fraudc1330
barrat1340
faitery1377
defraudc1450
trumpery1481
covin1487
defraudationc1503
knavery1528
conveyance1531
imposture1537
defrauding1548
cozenage1583
impostry1585
catch-dolt1592
gullery1598
coggery1602
gullage1607
charlatism1611
impostury1615
quacksalvery1617
mountebankery1618
imposition1632
imposturisma1634
blaflum1637
charlatanry1638
defraudment1645
mountebankism1649
impostorya1652
impostorism1652
imposturage1654
impostery1656
mountebank1657
imposing1659
quackery1675
quackism1722
empiricism1774
cross1802
charlatanism1804
practitionery1818
cozenry1829
humbuggery1831
trick1833
thimble-shift1834
thimble-shifting1834
thimbleriggery1841
humbuggism1842
quackhood1843
quacksalverism1864
razzle-dazzle1928
spivery1948
shuck1958
shucking and jiving1969
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
1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 178 Lying and thimbleriggery assume high privilege.
1841 R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. l. 399 The noble art of ‘thimble-riggery’.
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