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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 othersplay

  Familiarity information: SPILLIKINS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPILLIKINS (noun)


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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