thimblerig

Three thimbles of different colors resembling cup shapes, stacked in a pyramid with a pea under one. Realistic style.
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Three thimbles of different colors resembling cup shapes, stacked in a pyramid with a pea under one. Realistic style.

The proposed image is a memorable and unique image of a three-cup thimble game with a pea under one cup, which encapsulates the essence of the word 'thimblerig'.

  1. noun — thimblerigs
    1. A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
    2. One operating such a game.
  2. verb — thimblerigs; thimblerigging; thimblerigged
    1. To cheat in the thimblerig game.
    2. To cheat (someone) by trickery.
Derived from thimble