shell games

A form of shell game — A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess which of three small cups (or shells) a pea-sized object is concealed under, after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shell game
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