spillikins

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spillikins¹

noun Spillikins · spellicans

  1. plural plural of spillikin

noun Spillikins · spellicans

  1. uncountable 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. Spillikins is a game of skill.

Spillikins²

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative spelling of spillikins

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noun a game of skill

Españolpalitos chinos, palillos
日本語竹ひご takehigo, 竹籤 takehigo
中文挑竹籤 /挑竹签 tiāozhúqiān, 五色竹籤 /五色竹签 wǔsèzhúqiān, 挑棍 tiāogùn, 挑棒等 tiāobàngděng
Portuguêspega-varetas, mikado
Françaisjonchets, jeu de jonchets, honchets
DeutschMikado
Italianosciangai, shangai
Русскийбирю́льки birjúlʹki, игра́ в бирю́льки igrá v birjúlʹki

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@misc{spillikins_2026,
  title = {spillikins},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spillikins},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}