dreidel

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dreidel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  dreidel \dreidel\, dreidl \dreidl\(dr[=a]d"'l), n.
     1. a toy shaped somewhat like a top, but having four flat
        sides, each marked with one of the Hebrew letters nun,
        gimel, he, or shin. It is spun like a top, and the letter
        showing when it stops spinning determines the outcome of a
        game of chance.
        [PJC]
  
     2. a game of chance played with a dreidel[1], most commonly
        by children at Hannukah.
        [PJC]