JACKSTRAWS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jackstraws mean? 

• JACKSTRAWS (noun)
  The noun JACKSTRAWS has 1 sense:

1. a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others

  Familiarity information: JACKSTRAWS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACKSTRAWS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jackstraws; spillikins

Hypernyms ("jackstraws" is a kind of...):

child's game (a game enjoyed by children)