Spillikin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The game of jackstraws.
  • n. One of the straws used in playing jackstraws.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One of the straws used in the game of jackstraws (spillikins)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See spilikin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A long splinter of wood, bone, ivory, or the like, such as is used in playing some games, as jackstraws.
  • n. pl, A game played with such pegs, pins, or splinters, as push-pin or jackstraws.
  • n. A small peg used in keeping count in some games, as cribbage.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strip   
    Variant
    spilikin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    jackstraw   
     
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