Elevensies

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    elevenses British, uncountable
  2. 2
    A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eleven actions must be performed. uncountable

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elevenses

Etymology

* From dialectal elevens (“the eleven-o'clock meal”). * In children's games: eleven + -sies

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