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jackstraw definition

jack·straw (-strô′)

noun

  1. Etymology: jack + straw

    Obsolete straw man (sense )

  2. Etymology: jack- + straw

    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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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