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spillikins

/ ˈspɪlɪkɪnz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular a game in which players try to pick each spillikin from a heap without moving any of the others Also calledjackstraws


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spillikins1

C18: from spill ² + diminutive ending. See -kin

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