| 单词 | shell-game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshell-game shell-game n. U.S. a sleight-of-hand swindling game in which a small object is concealed under a walnut shell or the like, and bets are made as to which shell the object is under; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] thimblerig1825 coddam1830 thimblerigging1839 thimbleriggery1841 three-card trick1887 tip-it1889 shell-game1890 find the lady1918 1890 B. Hall Turnover Club 169 Would endeavour to make a collection of Japanese coins, with their cards and a shell game. 1899 Philistine ix. 157 All the people who work the filological shell-game. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 19 Mar. 19/6 The defendant pleaded innocent to charges of operating a shell game. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 1570/1 Both memory and history are shell games. 1977 Rolling Stone 21 Apr. 88/2 Both of them create with the sleight of hand of a shell-game swindler. < as lemmas |
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