sevensies

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noun

A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where seven actions must be performed.

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Meanings

nounsevensies (plural sevensies)
  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where seven actions must be performed.

    That was all the jacks. I threw them out again and went for sevensies. I heard Jenny saying, "What? I cain't hear you. Who?" I missed sevensies and went in the house.

    1995, James Pinckney Miller, Surviving Joy

Origin

From seven + -sies.

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Cite this entry
APA

sevensies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sevensies

MLA

“sevensies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sevensies. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sevensies,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sevensies.

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