The meaning of Spillikin
Spillikin – definition
nounA game played with a heap of small rods of wood, bone, or plastic, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.
Usage examples:
Playing spillikins is a suitable occupation for the very young, indoors.nounA splinter or fragment.
Usage examples:
‘he went through it with the meat-axe,’ said john; ‘it's all in spillikins in the back garden.’
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Word origin
mid 18th century: from spill2 + -kin.
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