Spillikins
SPILLIKINS (M.D., spelleken, little pin), or JACKSTRAWS ( originally "jerk-straws" ), a game of some antiquity played with a set of slender sticks of wood, bone or ivory, from 3 to 6 in. long, generally carved to represent weapons and utensils of various kinds, which are thrown in a heap haphazard upon the table. The players then endeavour in turn to extricate from the heap, one at a time, as many straws as possible, without moving any except the one angled for. The player obtaining the most straws wins. The game is called in French jotichcts and in German Federspiel.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
