"thimblerigger" meaning in English

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          "text": "“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”",
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          "text": "\"Mrs Kane has been filling us in on some background information on Owen.\" The woman nodded, drumming her nicotined fingers. \"And I have been assuring her that the boys who arrive here thimbleriggers and termagants are the least of our worries. But we do not send them out that way. Do we, Brother?\""
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one who cheats by thimblerigging",
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          "word": "fear méaracán"
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          "sense": "one who cheats by thimblerigging",
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          "word": "fear na méaracán"
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          "sense": "one who cheats by thimblerigging",
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          "word": "trilero"
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          "sense": "one who cheats by thimblerigging",
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      "word": "thimble-rigger"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who cheats by thimblerigging",
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      "word": "fear méaracán"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "one who cheats by thimblerigging",
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      "word": "fear na méaracán"
    },
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