three-card monte
Example Sentences
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His three-card monte skills are storied in the neighborhood, but he’s determined to proceed down the straight and narrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
Yet racing, at times, plays its fatality numbers as if it were a game of three-card monte.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
In the wide-open world of grifts and schemes, an overinflated basketball may not rank with identity theft, Facebook come-ons from a Nigerian prince or even a hurried game of three-card monte.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
In a seedy rooming house apartment, as one man rehearses his three-card monte spiel — “watch me close, watch me close now” — Abraham Lincoln arrives with Chinese takeout.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Yakov won the first two games, but when it came time to find the Lady at three-card monte, he uncovered a worthless heart.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
