"pick-up sticks" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=pick-up sticks}} 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. Wikipedia link: pick-up sticks Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games Hypernyms: game of skill, tabletop game Hyponyms: spillikins, jackstraws, mikado Translations (Translations): bierki [nonvirile] (Polish), plockepinn [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pick-up_sticks-en-noun-pJ8b6cCp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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