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A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
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spillikins
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n. a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others [syn: jackstraws ]
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alt. 1 (plural of spillikin English) 2 (context no plural English) A game in which players attempt to remove flat, carved sticks of ivory or wood (the individual ''spillikins'' of meaning 1.) from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than ...
Usage examples of spillikins.
The kitchen fire-irons were in exactly the same position against the back door as when Martha and I had skilfully piled them up, like spillikins, ready to fall with an awful clatter if only a cat had touched the outside panels.