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Terms for subject Informal containing shell game | all forms | exact matches only | in specified order only
| English | Russian |
| a shell game | напёрсток (организуемая мошенниками уличная игра с использованием трёх напёрстков, в которой прохожим предлагают угадать, под каким из напёрстков находится шарик или другой маленький предмет a street game ran by conmen involving three shells or thimbles; marks are asked to bet money on which shell covers an object) |
| shell game | лохотрон (Sukhopleschenko) |
| shell game | игра в напёрстки (1. gambling game: a form of the game thimblerig in which spectators bet on the final location of an object hidden under one of three walnut shells or cups that have been shuffled 2. fraudulent scheme: a scheme for defrauding or deceiving people Sukhopleschenko) |
| shell game artist | напёрсточник |