Look up: jackstraw


  1. jackstraw
    [n] - a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=jackstraw

  2. Jackstraw
    Jack'straw` noun 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 th...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/2

  3. jackstraw
    1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. ... 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, withou...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?jackstraw

  4. jackstraw
    spillikin noun a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jackstraw

  5. 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 ins...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/jackstraw/

  6. Jackstraw
    A Jackstraw is a person of no substance, no worth and not worthy of consideration. The term originates from Jack Straw, a member of the House of Commons in the late 14th century.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AJ.HTM

  7. jackstraw
    1) Spillikin 2) Stick in pick-up-sticks 3) Strip
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/jackstraw/1

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