mikado

Meaning

Noun

Any emperor of Japan.
A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.
A fabric having a stiff twill weave.

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 御門, from 御 + 門.

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