Jackstraw Synonyms & Definitions

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• JackstrawDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
2. (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a childs 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.