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spilikin

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spil⋅li⋅kin

  [spil-i-kin]
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–noun
1. a jackstraw.
2. spillikins, (used with a singular verb) the game of jackstraws.
Also, spilikin.

Origin:
1725–35; var. of spellican < obs. D spelleken, equiv. to spelle peg, pin + -ken -kin
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