English Dictionary

jackstraw

名詞

複数形 通常 古風

(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks. / (dated) An insignificant person.

日本語の意味

（通常複数形）『ジャックスストロー』または『棒抜き』というゲームで使用される小道具 / （時代遅れ）取るに足らない、くだらない、重要ではない人

She carefully lifted a jackstraw from the scattered pile without disturbing the rest.

彼女は散らばった山から、他の棒を動かさないように注意深くピックアップスティックというゲームの棒を一本持ち上げた。

意味（1）

(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks.

It was a cheerful reminder of one’s childhood, and another bond of sympathy between the various branches of the human race, however remotely separated from each other, to find the little shaven-pated lads playing ball in the streets of Hakodadi, or jackstraws within the domestic circle at home.

意味（2）

(dated) An insignificant person.

[They] had rather be called Sons of the Earth, provided it be their own Earth, (their own Native Country) and act like Men at home, then, being deſtitute of Houſe or Land, to relieve the neceſſities of Nature in a Foreign Country, by ſelling of Smoke, as thou doſt, an inconſiderable Fellow, and a Jack-ſtraw, and who dependeſt upon the good will of thy Maſters for a poor Stipend; …

jackstraws （ plural ）