English Explanatory Dictionary

spilikin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small peg used for playing a game or for keeping score, as in cribbage.
  2. A game played with such pegs, pushpin.
  3. A jackstraw or stick in the game of pick-up sticks.
  4. The game of jackstraws or pick-up sticks.

Word forms

spilikin spilikins spelican spillikin spilliken

Etymology

From Old Dutch spelleken (“a small pin”). Compare English spill.

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