spillikin

(spili kən)

noun

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

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

Also sp. spilikin

See spillikin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. spillikins (used with a sing. verb) The game of jackstraws.
  2. One of the straws used in playing jackstraws.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of Flemish spelleken

Origin: , diminutive of spelle, pin

Origin: , from Middle Flemish

Origin: , ultimately from Medieval Latin spīnula

Origin: , diminutive of Latin spīna, thorn

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