Noun: spillikins
- A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
"spillikins requires a steady hand and careful concentration";
- jackstraws
- A thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
"The children carefully removed spillikins from the pile without disturbing the others";
- jackstraw
Type of: child's game, strip
Encyclopedia: Spillikins