ninesies

English

Etymology

nine +‎ -sies

Noun

ninesies (plural ninesies)

1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine 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.