three-card monte

English

A typical street setup for three-card monte

Etymology

Noun

three-card monte (usually uncountable, plural three-card montes)

A confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money that they can find the money card, for example the queen of hearts, among three face-down playing cards.

Synonyms

(confidence game): three-card marney, three-card trick, three-way, three-card shuffle, menage-a-card, triplets, follow the lady, find the lady, follow the bee

Translations

confidence trick

French: bonneteau (fr) m

German: Kümmelblättchen (de) n

See also

shell game
tosser
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