dreidel

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The dreidel is a four-sided spinning top, the favorite child's toy during Chanukah.

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  • Not so much as a plastic dreidel in their gigantic "Christmas Store", let alone a greeting card. —  Discussion Forum - Geeks!
  • Camilla tries to learn about the dreidel and other traditions in an effort to appeal to Rob. —  DeadOn...
  • The search landscape changed to celebrate the holiday, with Ask. com sporting a dreidel, Search Engine Roundtable sporting a Chanukah theme, and Dogpile featuring three different carefully-dressed dogs for Christmas, —  Search Engine Roundtable
  • The dreidel is a four-sided spinning top, the favorite child's toy during Chanukah. —  uncomfortably numb
  • My knowledge of Judaism is limited to the facts that they celebrate Hannakah / Chanukah (yet aren't decisive about how to spell it), which had something to do with oil lamps, the daily lighting of a Mennorah, playing dreidel, and only getting 1 gift for 8 days instead of a whole slew of them on Christmas. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
 

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  1. Yiddish dreydl, from dreyen, to turn, from Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German drāen.
 

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