shell game Meaning and Definition
1. n. a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
The shell game (also known as Thimblerig, Three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud.
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