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billiken

/ˈbɪ.lɪ.kən/

billiken is the alternative form of Billiken.

Noun capitalized: Billiken

Billiken (plural Billikens)

  1. A rotund charm doll originally patented in 1908 by American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, and representing "the God of Things as They Ought to Be".

Forms of billiken

pluralbillikens
pluralBillikens
alternative formbilliken
alternative formbillikin

Origin of billiken

Coined by Florence Pretz. It is believed that Pretz found the name Billiken in Bliss Carman's 1896 poem Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People.

Questions about billiken

What does billiken mean?
Billiken means a rotund charm doll originally patented in 1908 by American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, and representing "the God of Things as They Ought to Be".
What is billiken the alternative form of?
Billiken is the alternative form of Billiken.
What part of speech is billiken?
Billiken is a noun.
How do you pronounce billiken?
Billiken is pronounced /ˈbɪ.lɪ.kən/.
What is the plural of billiken?
The plural of billiken is billikens.

Words near billiken in the dictionary

  1. billie clubs
  2. billies
  3. billietite
  4. Billig
  5. Billigs
  6. billiken
  7. billikens
  8. billikin
  9. billikins
  10. Billilingra
  11. Billimari

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Adapted from Wiktionary: billiken (page history and authors); Billiken (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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