(UK, slang, obsolete) One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
(UK, slang, obsolete) One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
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(obsolete, slang) A thimblerigger.
(mostly, US, dated) A counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money.
Charley-pitcher is an obsolete British slang term for a thimblerigger — someone who runs the shell-and-pea con, also known as the three-card trick. The term belongs to the vocabulary of 19th-century British street crime and fairground sharp practice. 'Charley' was a common generic name for a street person or rogue; 'pitcher' suggests someone who pitches a game or sells something fraudulently. Entirely archaic; of historical linguistic and social history interest.
(UK, slang, archaic) small change.
(obsolete, slang) A coiner of counterfeit money.