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sevensies

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

Noun

sevensies (plural sevensies)

  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.1995, James Pinckney Miller, Surviving Joy

Forms of sevensies

pluralsevensies

Origin of sevensies

From seven + -sies.

Questions about sevensies

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

Words near sevensies in the dictionary

  1. sevenplex
  2. sevenplexes
  3. sevens
  4. sevens out
  5. sevenscore
  6. sevensies
  7. sevensome
  8. sevensomes
  9. Sevenstones
  10. seventeen
  11. seventeen hundred

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