Jackstraw meaning

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.

One of the straws or sticks used in this game.

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.

(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game variously called jackstraws or pick-up-sticks.