jackstraw

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To that I will return after I have dealt with the third jackstraw, namely, the Monroe Doctrine.

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  1. noun A game played with a pile of straws or thin sticks, with the players attempting in turn to remove a single stick without disturbing the others.
  2. noun One of the straws or sticks used in this game.

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  • To that I will return after I have dealt with the third jackstraw, namely, the Monroe Doctrine. —  A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge
  • The forest, swept as by a giant broom, became a jackstraw tangle of destruction. —  Darkness and Dawn
  • I don't care a jackstraw whether you do or not. —  Brand Blotters
  • But before God and all the holy angels, Blanche de Malétroit, if I have not, I care not one jackstraw. —  The Short-story
  • "I don't care for children one jackstraw, you know, myself; can't understand how any one can, for my part." —  A Phantom Lover
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/ˈdʒækstrɔ/
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