dreidel

dreidel
/drayd"l/, n., pl. dreidels, dreidel.
a four-sided top bearing the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, and shin, one on each side, used chiefly in a children's game traditionally played on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
[1925-30; < Yiddish dreydl, equiv. to drey(en) to rotate, turn ( < MHG drae(je)n, draehen; cf. G. drehen) + -dl n. suffix]

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