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Jackstraw
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Jackstraw
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1.
a thin strip of wood used in the game of spillikins
2. informal
an insignificant person
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Jackstraw
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1. Obsolete
straw man (sense 2)
2.
a narrow strip of wood, plastic, etc. used in a game (jackstraws) played by tossing a number of such strips into a jumbled heap and trying to remove them one at a time without moving any of the others
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Jackstraw
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1. jackstraws (used with a sing. verb) A game played with a pile of straws or thin sticks, with the players attempting in turn to remove a single stick without disturbing the others.
2. One of the straws or sticks used in this game.
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