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"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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"word": "cleas na méaracán"
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"word": "напёрстки"
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"sense": "game which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups a pea-sized object has been placed",
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"word": "tric y tri gwniadur"
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"word": "shell game"
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