Associations to the word «Jackstraw»

Wiktionary

JACKSTRAW, noun. (usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game variously called jackstraws or pick-up-sticks.
JACKSTRAW, noun. (obsolete) An insignificant person.

Dictionary definition

JACKSTRAW, noun. A thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King