nievie-nievie-nick-nack

noun

A game of Scottish origin in which one person would try to guess the hand in which another person was holding an object.

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Meanings

nounnievie-nievie-nick-nack (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableA game of Scottish origin in which one person would try to guess the hand in which another person was holding an object.

    Do you think you could round up four others so we could have a numinous go at it, and nievie-nievie-nick-nack in one another's ear?

    2010, Neil Baker, G Day: Please God, Get Me Off the Hook, page 261

Origin

Derived from the first line of a poem recited when playing the game.

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Chicago

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