French Meaning of jackstraw

paille

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Definitions and Meaning of jackstraw in English

Wordnet

jackstraw (n)

a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

Webster

jackstraw (n.)

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

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.

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paille

a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstrawsAn effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence., One of a set

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