| 单词 | shell game |
| 释义 | shell gameSEE SYNONYMS FOR shell game ON THESAURUS.COM nouna sleight-of-hand swindling game resembling thimblerig but employing walnut shells or the like instead of thimblelike cups. any deceit, swindle, fraud, or the like. Origin of shell gameAn Americanism dating back to 1885–90 Words nearby shell gameShelley, Percy Bysshe, shellfire, shellfish, shellfishery, shellflower, shell game, shell gland, shell jacket, shell-like, shell out, shell pink Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shell game
British Dictionary definitions for shell gameshell game nounthe US name for thimblerig Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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