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elevensies

elevensies noun: elevenses.

Noun

elevensies (uncountable)

  1. (UK) elevenses
  2. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eleven actions must be performed.

Origin of elevensies

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

Questions about elevensies

What does elevensies mean?
Elevensies means elevenses.
What part of speech is elevensies?
Elevensies is a noun.

Words near elevensies in the dictionary

  1. elevenpences
  2. elevenpenny
  3. elevens
  4. elevenscore
  5. elevenses
  6. elevensies
  7. elevensome
  8. elevensomes
  9. eleventeen
  10. eleventeenth
  11. eleventh

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