spillikin

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It's so very difficult to play a game with a spillikin on one side and a sledge-hammer on the other. '

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  • It's so very difficult to play a game with a spillikin on one side and a sledge-hammer on the other. ' —  The Explorer
 

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  1. Probably alteration of Flemish spelleken, diminutive of spelle, pin, from Middle Flemish, ultimately from Medieval Latin spīnula, diminutive of Latin spīna, thorn.
 

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