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shell game
- IPA[ˈSHel ˌɡām]
美式
- a game involving sleight of hand, in which three inverted cups or nutshells are moved about, and contestants must spot which is the one with a pea or other object underneath.;a deceptive and evasive action or ploy, especially a political one
noun: shell game, plural noun: shell games
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名詞
- 1. North American a game involving sleight of hand, in which three inverted cups or nutshells are moved about, and contestants must spot which is the one with a pea or other object underneath.
- ▪ North American a deceptive and evasive action or ploy, especially a political one officials played a shell game by loading prisoners onto buses during population counts at the jail