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1. (n.) jackstraw
one of the thin strips of wood or other material used in jackstraws.
2. jackstraw
jackstraws, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which piled jackstraws must be picked up, one by one, without disturbing the heap.
Etymology: (1590–1600; earlier, scarecrow, after Jack Straw, name or nickname of one of the leaders of the rebellion headed by Wat Tyler in 1381 in England)
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1. (noun) jackstraw, spillikin
a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
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1. (noun) jackstraw
an effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence
2. (noun) jackstraw
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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