Jackstraw n. : An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence.

Jackstraw n. : One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.

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Taxonomy
Jackstraw, bluegrass music, jack straw, portland oregon, laurelthirst pub, Portland, Oregon, bgrass, oregon, eugene, corvallis, hood river, seattle, Jon, instruments, hand-crafted.

Defination from the web:
Jackstraw - Acoustic bluegrass based out of (but, not restricted to) Portland, Oregon. ... myspace. David & Jon proudly play instruments hand-crafted by John Sullivan. ...