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spillikin

NOUN
  1. a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

How To Use spillikin In A Sentence

  • Half her time was spent at spillikins, which I consider as a very valuable part of our household furniture, and as not the least important benefaction from the family of Knight to that of Austen. Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends
  • Playing spillikins is a suitable occupation for the very young, indoors.
  • We sailed east on a floating palace that offered myriad activities, such as mumblety-peg, spillikins and ring-a-levio.
  • Clearing the objects from the Antechamber was like playing a gigantic game of spillikins.
  • It's so very difficult to play a game with a spillikin on one side and a sledge-hammer on the other. ' The Explorer
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