[ 'spɪlɪkɪn ]
■ noun
1》 ( ~s ) [treated as sing. ] a game played with a heap of small rods, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.
2》 a splinter or fragment.
Origin
C18: from spill 2 + -kin .
[ 'spɪlɪkɪn ]
■ noun
1》 ( ~s ) [treated as sing. ] a game played with a heap of small rods, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.
2》 a splinter or fragment.
Origin
C18: from spill 2 + -kin .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004