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   Shell game

   /ˈSHel ˌɡām/

   

   noun

   • 1. 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: North American "officials played a shell game by loading prisoners onto buses during population counts at the jail"

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