[Ads-l] three card monte (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

The "little joker" is usually the pea in a thimble game.

JL

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 10:03 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
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> > the thimble-rigger ventures to hint that he will risk the like amount
> upon
> > an anxious search for the "little joker."
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> So, the thimble-rigger is a kind of shill for the monte-man? Or does the
> anxious search for the "little joker" refer to a different game?
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