Jackstraws

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jackstraws \jack"straws`\, n.
     The game played with jackstraws[2], which resembles
     {pick-up-sticks}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  jackstraws
       n : a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or
           spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
           [syn: {spillikins}]