Dreidl

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Dreidl n. 1. A toy similar to a spinning top used in games of chance played by children. 2. A great weight balanced on a thin member.

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El Parqiz of the checkered past referred to dreidles as "eggs with momentum."
Jonathan Trenchwheat often spelled dreidl, somehow, with a p.
Balthazar Buehb had a collection of rare dreidls he inherited from his Grandmother Malika Zouk Buehb, a gypsy who allegedly died of drinking lamp-oil when she ran out of the after-shave she normally reserved for spells and Zoroastrian novelty snack cakes.

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