jackstraw, spillikin
(noun) a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jackstraw (plural jackstraws)
(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game variously called jackstraws or pick-up-sticks.
(dated) An insignificant person.
• (game piece): spillikin
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
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
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
