thim·ble·rig /-ˌrɪg/
隱豆戲法(vi.)變隱豆戲法,欺騙
Thim·ble·rig n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
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.
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thimblerig
n : a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of
three things a pellet is under [syn: shell game]