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Definition of spillikin

spillikin
Spilikin Spil"i*kin, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See Spill a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also spillikin, spilliken.]
Spillikin
Spillikin Spil"li*kin, n. See Spilikin.

Meaning of spillikin from wikipedia

- Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle...
- Railway opened in the Back Street. It took riders on a train journey to Spillikin Corners and back. With the opening of Great American Revolution in 1976...
- to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." Stevenson was seen for much of the 20th century as a second-class writer...
- A projected-face version of Robothespian performed in a play called 'Spillikin' at Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland in March 2017. The 2015 National...
- Retrieved August 23, 2014. "Happy Anniversary, Christ College!". The Spillikin: Alumni Newsletter of Christ College, the Honors College of Valparaiso...
- boardwalk. Peter Kenny (14 June 2005). "Glendalough: First ascent of Spillikin Ridge". IMC Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2019.[permanent dead link‍] Lyons...
- existed, although none were ever fully implemented. For instance: Plan Spillikin, Plan Hemley, Plan Shalstone (renamed Mason), Plan Addington, and Plan...
- J F Horrabin. Dot and Carrie were secretaries in an office under a Mr Spillikin. Eb and Flo were drawn by Wilfred Haughton who also drew the Mickey Mouse...
- the mid-1960s by Belfast-based climbers and members of the Dublin-based Spillikin Club. Most of these climbs followed loose and dirty chimneys and are rarely...
- saw" (January 24, 1941) Under this pile of fallen masonry Under those spillikins of beams Where number thirty two lies shattered There may be a body Dig...