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

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

Before him, from the figures covering the earth like thrown jackstraws, an arm was suddenly lifted.

Single trees stand gaunt and charred by a recent fire, but their comrades are piled like jackstraws, the toys of the tornado.

Then at last the little group arrived at the "breast" itself—a sullen and fearful tangle like a gigantic pile of jackstraws.

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