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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   shell game

   • IPA[ˈSHel ˌɡām]

   美式

   • n.
     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

2. • 釋義

   n.

   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