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jackstraws
Part of speech: NounA game, in which strips of wood are picked up with a hook; the strips.
Usage examples "jackstraws":- " Get along to headwaters and start to rolling the jackstraws onto the ice," shouted Latisan. - "Joan of Arc of the North Woods", Holman Day.
- After a long walk they found Hoppletyhop playing jackstraws with a grasshopper, on a bank of violets. - "The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories", Lydia Maria Child.
- " Jackstraws," he answered, shaking with silent laughter. - "People of the Whirlpool", Mabel Osgood Wright.