spilikin

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noun

A small peg used for playing a game or for keeping score, as in cribbage.

OriginOld Dutch spelleken →
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Meanings

nounspilikin (plural spilikins)

plural spilikins · alternative spelican · alternative spillikin · alternative spilliken

  1. A small peg used for playing a game or for keeping score, as in cribbage.
  2. in pluralA game played with such pegs, pushpin.
  3. A jackstraw or stick in the game of pick-up sticks.
  4. in pluralThe game of jackstraws or pick-up sticks.

Origin

  1. Old Dutchspelleken“a small pin”
  2. Englishspilikin

From Old Dutch spelleken (“a small pin”). Compare English spill.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lipinski
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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