philopena
nounDefinition of philopena
1
: a game in which a man and woman who have shared the twin kernels of a nut each try to claim a gift from the other as a forfeit at their next meeting by fulfilling certain conditions (as by being the first to exclaim “philopena”)
— called also
fillipeen
2a : a nut with two kernels
b : a gift given as a forfeit
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