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Jacks vs Sixies - What's the difference?

jacks | sixies |

As nouns the difference between jacks and sixies

is that jacks is plural of lang=en while sixies is a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where six actions must be performed.

As a proper noun Jacks

is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names}} derived from {{term|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 .
    • ----

    sixies

    English

    Noun

    (sixies)
  • A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where six actions must be performed.
  • * 1999 , Susan J. Bandy, Anne S. Darden, Crossing boundaries
    • She missed on sixies , and then it was my turn, my last chance to beat her and claim the championship. I selected my spot, tossed the jacks.