Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who practises the trick of thimblerig; a low trickster or sharper. Also thimbleman.
Wiktionary
- n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
Etymologies
- thimblerig + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“There is a tide in the affairs of men when you simply have to chuck it - as, for example, when you learn that the wife of your unsuspecting bosom is a practised thimblerigger who has used her flash arts to ruin an innocent man.”
“If in the ordinary category of skittle sharper or thimblerigger," with a suspicion of mild scorn, "then I do not imagine your ladyship would find much attraction in the present cargo.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thimblerigger’.
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Nincompoopery
Words that clatter and tumble
nincompoop, pettyfoggery, gaberlunzie, cattywampus, weisenheimer, katzenjammer, hecklephone, loblolly, carriwitchet, flibbertyjibbet, hornswoggle, thimblerigger and 161 more...
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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Folksy Compounds
Those great mashup words that sound like somebody's grampa made them up.
flabbergasted, flibbertigibbet, fussbudget, snickerpuss, chickabiddy, clapperclaw, screaming meemies, snicker-snack, hornswoggle, humdinger, crinkum-crankum, callithump and 11 more...
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
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~~Olde-Fashioned Insults~~
ragamuffin, muttonchops, tatterdemalion, nincompoop, whippersnapper, bootlicker, backscratcher, loggerhead, weisenheimer, hornswoggler, thimblerigger, quacksalver and 111 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
Words with funny meaning, spelling or both.barratry, bastinado, bezonian, bibcock, bibliobibuli, biffy, bodewash, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, bosky, brobdingnagian and 729 more...
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Words and phrases from the short stor...
implementation, chugwater, photochemical, benign, bicarbonaceous, precipitates, databasing, ozonation, lateral, equilibria, punk rockers, bicarbonate of soda and 67 more...
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Sundry Favorites
self explanatory
pellucid, serendipity, crapulence, rixatrix, carriwitchet, katzenjammer, thimblerigger, farrago, adularescence, weltschmerz, invidious, adumbrate and 8 more...
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scoundrels, iconoclasts, and other un...
scofflaw, effete, thimblerigger, verbiage, calumniate, calumny, obloquy
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