Definition of jackstraw Jackstraw
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We found 6 definitions of jackstraw from 4 different sources.
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What does jackstraw mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: jackstraws |
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| jackstraw - a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws | ||
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Wiktionary 
- jackstraw (Noun)
One of the pieces used for the game variously called jackstraws or pick-up-sticks. - jackstraw (Noun)
An insignificant person.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jackstraw (n.)
An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. - jackstraw (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- jackstraw, noun, singular of jackstraws.
