spillikins

/ (ˈspɪlɪkɪnz) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) British a game in which players try to pick each spillikin from a heap without moving any of the others: Also called: jackstraws

Origin of spillikins

1
C18: from spill ² + diminutive ending. See -kin

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