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Shell game

The shell game (also known as thimblerig, three shells and a pea, the old army game) is a public gambling game that challenges players to follow the movement of a marker hidden under one of several covers (shells). In practice, the game is almost always run as a confidence trick that uses sleight of hand to transfer the marker between covers. In…

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Shell game

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples16
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
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Shell game

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related to history · 10
Shell game → Ancient Greece, European Middle Ages, In Frith's, It, Later, My Autobiography, Reminiscences, The, The Derby Day, William Powell Frith's
related to Play · 4
Shell game → Fraudulent, In, One, Where
related to External links · 2
Shell game → How, How Stuff Works

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game shell one trick confidence also shells ball operator thimblerig gambling win use first known players sleight hand swindle cups

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Shell gamerelated to External linksHow0.60section
Shell gamerelated to External linksHow Stuff Works0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyThe0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyAncient Greece0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyIt0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyEuropean Middle Ages0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyLater0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyWilliam Powell Frith's0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyThe Derby Day0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyIn Frith's0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyMy Autobiography0.60section
Shell gamerelated to historyReminiscences0.60section

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