Details of word JACKSTRAW

Definition of jackstraw

n. - An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
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.

Word "jackstraw" contains 9 letters : A A C J K R S T W

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