What's the difference between cribbage and spilikin?

Cribbage


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.

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  • (1) 8.18pm BST Tweets @NotCoachTito is back this afternoon after what I can only imagine was an all-night cribbage binge.
  • (2) He was Tito's favorite - playing cribbage before every game in the clubhouse - plus he's the ultimate underdog.

Spilikin


Definition:

  • (n.) One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins

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