JACKSTRAW

jackstraw, spillikin

(noun) a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

jackstraw (plural jackstraws)

(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game variously called jackstraws or pick-up-sticks.

(dated) An insignificant person.

Synonyms

• (game piece): spillikin

Adjective

jackstraw (not comparable)

Resembling a bundle of jackstraws that has been strewn on a surface.

(obsolete, of a person) Of no substance or worth.

Source: Wiktionary

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Jack"straw`, n.

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 gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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