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spillikins

/ ˈspɪlɪkɪnz /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spillikins1

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

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