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SPILLIKINS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spillikins mean?
• SPILLIKINS (noun)
The noun SPILLIKINS has 1 sense:
1. a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
Familiarity information: SPILLIKINS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
jackstraws; spillikins
Hypernyms ("spillikins" is a kind of...):
child's game (a game enjoyed by children)
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