charley-pitchern.

slang.

A thimble-rigger.

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1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 160 ‘Charley-pitchers,’ the knavish gentry who pursue the games of ‘under seven or over seven’, ‘red, black, leather and star’, or inveigle the unwary with ‘three little thimbles and one small pea’.

1877 W. Besant & J. Rice This Son of Vulcan (new ed.) i. ix. 100 ‘Charley-pitchers’, who gained an honourable livelihood with the thimble and the pea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	charley-pitcher
释义	charley-pitchern. slang. A thimble-rigger. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] > player thimble-man1830 thimblerigger1831 thimblerig1839 charley-pitcher1859 shell-man1902 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 160 ‘Charley-pitchers,’ the knavish gentry who pursue the games of ‘under seven or over seven’, ‘red, black, leather and star’, or inveigle the unwary with ‘three little thimbles and one small pea’. 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice This Son of Vulcan (new ed.) i. ix. 100 ‘Charley-pitchers’, who gained an honourable livelihood with the thimble and the pea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1859
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