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ninesies

ninesies noun: a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine actions must be performed.

Noun

ninesies (plural ninesies)

  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine actions must be performed.
    • He saw Lindy playing jacks on the sidewalk in Front of the store, snatching up ninesies and tensies in a heedless, all-out swoop that kept the backs of her lingers perpetually scraped raw.2004, Anne Tyler, The amateur marriage, page 282

Forms of ninesies

pluralninesies

Origin of ninesies

From nine + -sies.

Questions about ninesies

What does ninesies mean?
Ninesies means a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine actions must be performed.
What part of speech is ninesies?
Ninesies is a noun.
What is the plural of ninesies?
The plural of ninesies is ninesies.

Words near ninesies in the dictionary

  1. nineplexes
  2. niner
  3. niners
  4. nines
  5. ninescore
  6. ninesies
  7. ninesome
  8. ninesomes
  9. nineteen
  10. Nineteen Eighty-Four
  11. nineteen hand

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