Definitions
A strategy game where players remove objects from piles in turn.
Word origin
From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).
Used in a sentence
“Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.”
“Then Alfyne to the court Of Syleuma doth come, And Pandauola in her armes Her Alfyne hath up num And kisseth him full ofte […]”
“They'll question Mars, and, by his look, Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Matchstick strategy game”3 letters
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