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dreidl

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drei·del also drei·dl   (drād'l)   
n.  A toy similar to a spinning top used in games of chance played by children and adults at Hanukkah.

[Yiddish dreydl, from dreyen, to turn, from Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German drāen.]
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