spillikins

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see also: Spillikins

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Noun

1. plural form of spillikin

Noun

spillikins (uncountable)

1. 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.
   • 2013, Laura Boyle, “Spillikins ↗”, Jane Austen .co.uk, 16 August 2013, accessed on 27 May 2015:

     Spillikins is played the same way that early versions of Jack Straw and the American “pick up sticks” are.

   Spillikins is a game of skill.
   Charlie loves playing spillikins.

Translations

• French: jonchets, jeu de jonchets, (rare) honchets
• German: Mikado
• Italian: sciangai, shangai
• Portuguese: pega-varetas, mikado
• Russian: бирю́льки
• Spanish: palitos chinos, palillos

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Spillikins

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Noun

spillikins (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of spillikins

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