JACKSTRAWS • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Jackstraws

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

Jackstraws

noun

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

See images of 'Jackstraws'

Etymology of 'Jackstraws'

Click any word on the page to get its definition

Text size: A A

Share |

"Jackstraws" Quotes from Famous Books

... and start to rolling the jackstraws onto the ice," shouted Latisan. "Have the dynamite warmed when I get back there. If we have to do it, well beat the ...

— Joan of Arc of the North Woods • Holman Day

Read full book for free!

... taking Nursery Days since Christmas, so I thought I would write you a letter. My birthday came a week ago Thursday. I received a watch and chain, a glove-buttoner, a penknife, and a set of ivory jackstraws. We have a cat at home whose name is Rumpelstiltzken. He is very sleepy, and sleeps all day. He always picks out the most comfortable chair, and then feels very much injured if we turn him out. I like Bolivar Wiggins's story in your last paper very ...

— The Booming of Acre Hill - And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life • John Kendrick Bangs

Read full book for free!

... The Kid handled his cards smoothly, surely, paying and taking bets with machine-like calm. The on-lookers ceased talking and prepared to watch, for now came the crucial test of the evening. Faro is to other games as war is to jackstraws. ...

— The Spoilers • Rex Beach

Read full book for free!

Words linked to "Jackstraws" : child's game