Pick-up sticks — For the song Pick Up Sticks by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, see Time Out Pick up sticks (or pick a stick) is a game of physical and mental skill in which sticks have to be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining ones. One root of the… … Wikipedia
Pick-up sticks (Haida) — Haida pick up sticks exist in two sorts. There were non decorated thin playing sticks (not collected) and the other decorated containing three sets of sticks. These were named after animals or birds only known by the owner or his family according … Wikipedia
pick-up-sticks — /pik up stiks /, n. jackstraws played with sticks. * * * ▪ game also called jackstraws , or spillikins game of skill, played by both children and adults, with thin wooden sticks or with straws or matches. In the early 18th century… … Universalium
pick-up-sticks — /pik up stiks /, n. jackstraws played with sticks … Useful english dictionary
pick-upstick — pick up stick (pĭkʹŭp ) n. 1. pick up sticks (used with a sing. verb) The game of jackstraws. 2. One of the straws or sticks used in this game. 3. A pointed implement used in weaving to draw the weft through the warp. * * * … Universalium
pick up — {v.} 1. To take up; lift. * /During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard./ 2. {informal} To pay for someone else. * /After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check./ 3. To take on or away; receive; get. * /At the… … Dictionary of American idioms
pick up — {v.} 1. To take up; lift. * /During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard./ 2. {informal} To pay for someone else. * /After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check./ 3. To take on or away; receive; get. * /At the… … Dictionary of American idioms
pick\ up — v 1. To take up; lift. During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard. 2. informal To pay for someone else. After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check. 3. To take on or away; receive; get. At the next corner the… … Словарь американских идиом
Mikado (game) — Mikado Mikado Mikado is a pick up sticks game originat … Wikipedia
Kau cim — Traditional Chinese 求籤 / … Wikipedia
