jackstraws
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“The Colony Fire specifically is burning in a really bad spot … where these trees are like jackstraws and it’s difficult to put fire personnel into some of these areas because of that,” he said.
From Seattle Times
It was a little bit like playing jackstraws, where you toss all the straws down in a pile and then try to take one away without disturbing the others.
From Literature
The chairs and easels were piled up like jackstraws at the beginning of a game.
From Project Gutenberg
The jam lay in an angle of the gorge like a heap of titanic jackstraws.
From Project Gutenberg
The children were tumbled in a heap like a pile of jackstraws.
From Project Gutenberg
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