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Definition or meaning of the English word Jackstraw
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 of the pile. See (n.).
