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Jackstraw

Jackstraw Meaning & Definition
Jackstraw Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jackstraw?

[n] a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jackstraw: spillikin

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See Also | strip

Jackstraw In Webster's Dictionary

\Jack"straw`\, n. 1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. --Milton. 2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See {Spilikin}.

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