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pick-up sticks

pick-up sticks noun: a game in which players attempt to remove sticks from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed.

Noun

pick-up sticks (uncountable)

  1. A game in which players attempt to remove sticks from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed.

Questions about pick-up sticks

What does pick-up sticks mean?
Pick-up sticks means a game in which players attempt to remove sticks from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed.
What part of speech is pick-up sticks?
Pick-up sticks is a noun.

Words near pick-up sticks in the dictionary

  1. pick-up goods
  2. pick-up joint
  3. pick-up joints
  4. pick-up line
  5. pick-up lines
  6. pick-up sticks
  7. pick-ups
  8. pick-your-own
  9. pick-your-owns
  10. pickaback
  11. pickabacked

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