plural. A game played with a heap of slips or small rods of wood, bone, or the like, the object being to pull off each by means of a hook without…

Applied to various things shaped like a straw. plural = jack-straws, jackstraw, n. 2. Obsolete.

In plural (with singular or plural agreement). A game played with a heap of straws or small strips of wood, bone, or plastic, in which players…

the action or game of drawing straws in order to decide something by chance; cf. straw, n.1 5h.

A game in which a bundle of sticks or straws is thrown on a table and have to be removed one at a time without disturbing the rest of the heap. Cf…