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jackstraws
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jackstraws has 1 sense
- jackstraws(n = noun.act) spillikins - a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others; Array is a kind of child's game
CIDE DICTIONARY
jackstraws, n.
The game played with jackstraws{2}, which resembles pick-up-sticks . [PJC]
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