[Ads-l] three card monte (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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


The "thimble-" in "thimble-rigger" should have been the clue. Given that
sly-th of hand involving three objects is the engine in both games, I tend
to conflate the two games.


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