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'Feign-nites' (Sp) ?
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When we were kids, if we wanted a truce in the middle of a game we would cross fingers and cry ' 'Feign-nites'. Not sure of the spelling, but that's how it sounded. Any idea of its origin ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It’s a form of fend, which at one time had a meaning of “to forbid”. - http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fai1.htm
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