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Jacks vs Fivesies - What's the difference?

jacks | fivesies |

As nouns the difference between jacks and fivesies

is that jacks is while fivesies is a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where five actions must be performed.

As a proper noun jacks

is derived from (jack).

jacks

English

(wikipedia jacks)

Noun

  • (games) A children's game involving picking up objects while a ball is in the air.
  • (Ireland, slang) A toilet.
  • (poker slang) A pair of .
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    fivesies

    English

    Noun

    (fivesies)
  • A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where five actions must be performed.
  • * 1999 , Susan J. Bandy, Anne S. Darden, Crossing boundaries (page 239)
    • She had missed on fivesies , I'd missed on threesies, and this would be the deciding round.