1) Pick-up sticks piece 2) Spillikin 3) Strip
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1) Spillikin
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• (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 o...
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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, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See...
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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 thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathere...
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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.
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n] - a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
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spillikin noun a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
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