英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Thimblerig的结果
Thimblerig
(n.)
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups,
shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
Thimblerig
(v. t.)
To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a
pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to
another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is;
hence, to cheat by any trick.