单词 | thimblerigging |
释义 | > as lemmasˈthimblerigging ˈthimblerigging n. and adj. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。