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spilikin

spilikin


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.]