shell game

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  1. noun A game, usually involving gambling, in which a person hides a small object underneath one of three nutshells, thimbles, or cups, then shuffles them about on a flat surface while spectators try to guess the final location of the object. Also called thimblerig.
  2. noun A fraud or deception perpetrated by shifting conspicuous things to hide something else.

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