eightsies

noun

noun

Etymology From eight + -sies (“diminutive suffix”).

A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eight actions must be performed.

Her hand darted in distraction to fumble eightsies, the jacks scattering.2003, Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude:

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