jackstraws

  • 51racket — Synonyms and related words: Babel, Bedlam let loose, Cosa Nostra, Lastex, Mafia, ado, agate, agitation, art, artful dodge, artifice, babel, baleen, ball, ballot box stuffing, ballyhoo, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bedlam, black market,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 52rocking horse — Synonyms and related words: agate, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, blocks, checkerboard, chessboard, club, cockhorse, cricket bat, cue, doll, doll carriage, gewgaw, gimcrack, golf club, hobbyhorse, jack in the box, jacks, jackstones …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 53sport — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Monopoly, Ping Pong, Rugby, Scrabble, acrobatics, action, adventurer, advertise, affect, agate, agonistics, air, also ran, amateur athlete, amusement, anomaly, antic, antics, archer, archery, association… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54top — Synonyms and related words: Establishment, VIP, acmatic, acme, acme of perfection, agate, all, apex, apical, apogee, ball, baron, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, beat, best, bestraddle, bestride, better, big gun, big man, big name, big top …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 55toy — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, agent, ancilla, appliance, babe, baby, baby sized, bagatelle, ball, bantam, banty, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bill and …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56trinket — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, blocks, brass farthing, bric a brac, button, cent, checkerboard, chessboard, club,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 57whim wham — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, agate, bagatelle, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, blocks, boutade, brainstorm, brass farthing, bric a brac, button, capriccio, caprice,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 58jackstraw — n. piece of straw or strip of wood used in the game of jackstraws; scarecrow (Archaic); worthless person (Archaic) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 59spillikins — n. jackstraws, child s game played with straws or strips of wood …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 60spillikin — spil•li•kin or spil•i•kin [[t]ˈspɪl ɪ kɪn[/t]] n. 1) gam a jackstraw 2) gam spillikins, (used with a sing. v.) the game of jackstraws • Etymology: 1725–35; var. of spellican < obs. D spelleken=spelle peg, pin + ken kin …

    From formal English to slang