Spillikins
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spillikins is a noun meaning plural of spillikin.
Meaning
plural of spillikin.
More Meanings
- 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 the one currently being removed.
Example Sentences
Spillikins is a game of skill.
Charlie loves playing spillikins.
Spillikins is played the same way that early versions of Jack Straw and the American “pick up sticks” are.
Our little visitor has just left us [...].–Half her time here was spent at Spillikins; which I consider as a very valuable part of our Household furniture, & as not the least important Benefaction– from the family of Knight to that of Austen.
Synonyms for spillikins
Depending on context, synonyms include jackstraws.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jackstraws, skiddles, mikado, stick, chopsticks, skittles.
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