spilikin

Variant of spillikin

spillikin definition

spil·li·kin (spil′i kən)

noun

  1. any of the strips used in jackstraws
  2. the game of jackstraws

Etymology: < MDu spilleken, dim. of spille: see spile

Also sp. spilikin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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