What is another word for spillikins?

Pronunciation: [spˈɪlɪkˌɪnz] (IPA)

Spillikins is a word that may not be familiar to many people but it refers to a game also known as pick-up-sticks. If you are looking for synonyms for the word spillikins, there are a few options that could be used interchangeably. Some of the synonyms for spillikins are Mikado, jackstraws, and pick-up-sticks. All of these words refer to the same game where a bundle of sticks is dropped or scattered and players take turns trying to remove one stick at a time without disturbing the others. Regardless of what you call it, spillikins and its synonyms can be a fun game to play with friends and family.

Synonyms for Spillikins:

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Usage examples for Spillikins

Removing the bits of wire when they had all been cut was like a complicated game of spillikins, and it was not till nearly 4.30 a.
"The Escaping Club"
A. J. Evans
And anon, when his victim had steeled himself against this method, he could extract another five-pound note from his little hoard with the delicacy of one playing spillikins.
"The Man Upstairs and Other Stories"
P. G. Wodehouse
So there was the situation till the war of Ninety-three came along to jumble us all up and knock everything to spillikins.
"Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas"
Lloyd Osbourne

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