- 1. n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under Source: wordnet
- 4. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea. 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. Source: webster
- 5. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shapedlike thimbles, and a small ball or little pea. Source: adambom
- 6. n a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under Source: ecdict
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