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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jackstraw \Jack"straw`\, n. 1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence a man without property or influence. --Milton. 2. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jackstraw n : a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws [syn: {spillikin}]
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