three-card monte

uncountable usually

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.

Japanese Meaning

3枚のトランプを使って行われる詐欺・手品の一種。被害者に、裏向きに並べられた3枚のカードの中から特定のカード（例: ハートのクイーン）を見つけ出すよう仕向け、金銭を賭けさせる手口である。

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He warned me that the street vendor's flashy shuffle was just a three-card monte, and he walked away.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は、路上の露店の派手なカードさばきが、伏せられた三枚のカードの中からお金のカードを見つけられるとだまされて賭けさせるという三枚のカードを使ったいかさまにすぎないと警告して、立ち去った。

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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.

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three-card montes

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