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jackstraws

/ ˈdʒækˌstrɔːz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular another name for spillikins
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“The Colony Fire specifically is burning in a really bad spot … where these trees are like jackstraws and it’s difficult to put fire personnel into some of these areas because of that,” he said.

It was a little bit like playing jackstraws, where you toss all the straws down in a pile and then try to take one away without disturbing the others.

The chairs and easels were piled up like jackstraws at the beginning of a game.

The jam lay in an angle of the gorge like a heap of titanic jackstraws.

The nutting game itself is played similarly to that well known children's game, "jackstraws."

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