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shell game
noun
a 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.
shell game
noun
the US name for thimblerig
Word History and Origins
Origin of shell game1
Example Sentences
This is a typical shell game that conservatives play.
This atomic shell game would cover an area about the size of the state of Alabama.
The complaint also alleges that, for years, Grubhub “hidden the true cost of its delivery services — a tactic that a former executive called a ‘pricing shell game.’”
But there’s a bit of a shell game going on when it comes to Vance’s poverty credentials.
Each had a sea sponge underneath, like a rigged shell game.
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