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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 thim·ble·rig /-ˌrɪg/
 隱豆戲法(vi.)變隱豆戲法,欺騙

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Thim·ble·rig n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Thim·ble·rig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.] 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 thimblerig
      n : a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of
          three things a pellet is under [syn: shell game]