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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

jackstraws

noun

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

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