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Definition of Spillikins
1. Noun. A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others.
Definition of Spillikins
1. spillikin [n] - See also: spillikin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spillikins
Literary usage of Spillikins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock (1914)
"To be exact, Mr. spillikins is twenty-four, and Bob, the oldest of the boys, must
be at least twenty. Their exact ages are no longer known, because, ..."
2. The Sunday at Home by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), Religious Tract Society (1895)
"CHAPTER I. " T SAY, Dolly, let's have a game of spillikins !—Dolly, •I do you hear?
You might at least answer a fellow ! " Dolly was sitting on the floor in ..."
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