Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises the trick of thimblerig; a low trickster or sharper. Also
thimbleman .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
cheats bythimblerigging , or tricks oflegerdemain .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is a tide in the affairs of men when you simply have to chuck it - as, for example, when you learn that the wife of your unsuspecting bosom is a practised thimblerigger who has used her flash arts to ruin an innocent man.
Watershed 2010
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There is a tide in the affairs of men when you simply have to chuck it - as, for example, when you learn that the wife of your unsuspecting bosom is a practised thimblerigger who has used her flash arts to ruin an innocent man.
Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999
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"If in the ordinary category of skittle sharper or thimblerigger," with a suspicion of mild scorn, "then I do not imagine your ladyship would find much attraction in the present cargo.
Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham
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