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What (who) is spillikin - definition

Spillikin

·noun ·see Spilikin.

spillikin

['sp?l?k?n]

¦ noun

1. (spillikins) [treated as sing.] a game played with a heap of small rods, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.

2. a splinter or fragment.

Origin

C18: from spill² + -kin.

spillikins

TABLE GAME PLAYED WITH SPECIAL STICKS

Pick up sticks; Pickup sticks; Pick-Up Sticks; Spellicans; Pick-up Sticks; Jackstraws; Spillikins; Pick Up Sticks

[treated as sing.] a game played with a heap of small rods, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.