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Jacks vs Tensies - What's the difference?

jacks | tensies |

As nouns the difference between jacks and tensies

is that jacks is plural of lang=en while tensies is a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten 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 .
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    tensies

    English

    Noun

    (tensies)
  • A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.
  • * 2004 , Anne Tyler, The amateur marriage (page 282)
    • He saw Lindy playing jacks on the sidewalk in Front of the store, snatching up ninesies and tensies in a heedless, all-out swoop that kept the backs of her lingers perpetually scraped raw.