- jackstraw⇄expr. jackstraws, a child's game played with a set of straws thrown down in a confused pile. Each player tries to pick them up one at a time without moving any of the rest of the pile.
Ex. I ... have no sort of presence of mind (not so much as one - jackstraw⇄jackstraw, noun.
1. a straw or strip of wood, bone, or plastic, used in the game of jackstraws.
2. man of straw.