'shell game' definitions:
Definition of 'shell game'
(from WordNet)
noun
A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under [syn: shell game, thimblerig]
Synonyms of 'shell game'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bingo,
- boiler room,
- bucket shop,
- bunco game,
- card games,
- chuck and toss,
- chuck farthing,
- chuck-a-luck,
- con game,
- confidence game,
- crack-loo,
- crap game,
- crap shooting,
- craps,
- fan-tan,
- goldbrick,
- hazard,
- horse racing,
- keno,
- lotto,
- pinball,
- pitch and toss,
- policy,
- rouge et noir,
- roulette,
- skin game,
- sweepstake,
- sweepstakes,
- the numbers,
- the numbers game,
- thimblerig,
- thimblerigging,
- trente-et-quarante