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View synonyms for shell game
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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shell game1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Example Sentences
The Wall Street shell game can be viewed another way—through those literal markets that always stay ahead of the regulators.
From The Daily Beast
You see,” he explained, moving to the washstand, “this shell game is easy enough when you know how.
From Project Gutenberg
Even in this here simple little shell game I got to have a podner.
From Project Gutenberg
Where would you find a man to run your shell game while you was gone?
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Psionics hadn't done away with anything including the old shell game.
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My impression was that if he had said "shell game" he would have more accurately stated his case.
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