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Thimblerigger

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thim·ble·rig  (thmbl-rg)
n.
1. See shell game.
2. One who operates a thimblerig.
tr.v. thim·ble·rigged, thim·ble·rig·ging, thim·ble·rigs
To swindle with or as if with a thimblerig.
thimble·rigger n.
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Willson's story is and always has been sheer thimblerigger (Willson's word).
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A wealth of reference to existing works would acquaint the reader instantaneously with the nature of each character, would obviat e tiresome explanations and would effectively preclude mountebanks, upstarts, thimbleriggers and persons of inferior education from an understanding of contemporary literature (O'Brien 1979: 25).
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