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What (who) is jackstraw - definition
jackstraw
¦ noun another term for spillikin.
Jackstraw
·noun An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.
II. Jackstraw ·noun 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.
