Thlmble-rig

thim'hl-rig, n. a sleight-of-hand trick in which the performer conceals, or pretend* to conceal, a pea or small ball under one of three thimble-like cups.— v.i. to cheat by such means. — n. TMm'ble-rlg'ger. [From colloquial use of Rig, in the sense of a trick, a wanton trick.]