Sevensies

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where seven actions must be performed.

    "That was all the jacks. I threw them out again and went for sevensies. I heard Jenny saying, "What? I cain't hear you. Who?" I missed sevensies and went in the house."

Example

More examples

"That was all the jacks. I threw them out again and went for sevensies. I heard Jenny saying, "What? I cain't hear you. Who?" I missed sevensies and went in the house."

Etymology

From seven + -sies.

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