单词 | jackstraws |
例句 | 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. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “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. Sequoia National Park’s giant trees at risk as fires grow 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The chairs and easels were piled up like jackstraws at the beginning of a game. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z The jam lay in an angle of the gorge like a heap of titanic jackstraws. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The nutting game itself is played similarly to that well known children's game, "jackstraws." Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions The children were tumbled in a heap like a pile of jackstraws. Leerie “And why were they all crosswise with each other, like jackstraws?” Stepsons of Light It looked very small and solitary from this height, and the rail fences about its scanty inclosures hardly reached the dignity of suggesting jackstraws. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Their own lives were in constant danger from tumbling wreckage, for the rescuers were playing a game of tragic jackstraws. In a Little Town THE big brothers sat in a sullen circle about the sitting-room table, the eldest smoking, the biggest studying his fingers, the youngest whittling jackstraws. The Biography of a Prairie Girl If we open the boxes or paper bags sold by Umé, we see a pack of what seem to be tiny colored jackstraws or fine shavings. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The game of jackstraws illustrates this, when the disturbance of one piece involves the displacement of two others. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma And sugarplums stole in here and there, and even dolls and tops and pocket knives and balls and jackstraws. The Gold of Chickaree Before him, from the figures covering the earth like thrown jackstraws, an arm was suddenly lifted. The Long Roll They were just like ordinary jackstraws, except they were of different colors, and a little card told how to count. Marjorie at Seacote I have seen the logs jammed out there in the river until they looked like a giant's game of jackstraws. Kit of Greenacre Farm Then at last the little group arrived at the "breast" itself—a sullen and fearful tangle like a gigantic pile of jackstraws. The Rules of the Game If those Hell-devils drop a bomb on us, this building will cave in like jackstraws! The Air Trust Come, come, fall back! reform yours ranks— All's jackstraws here! Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War This is my own game," he said, "because it is called jackstraws, and my name is Jack. Marjorie at Seacote Now I can wait developments peacefully, for are there not also in reserve chess, checkers, backgammon, and—jackstraws? People of the Whirlpool I received a watch and chain, a glove-buttoner, a penknife, and a set of ivory jackstraws. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life You play with jackstraws, balls, bowls, horse and gun, estates and politics; but there are finer games before you. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics After a long walk they found Hoppletyhop playing jackstraws with a grasshopper, on a bank of violets. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories Then there were passed around bunches of jackstraws for each table. Marjorie at Seacote In a few moments Molly had whisked things about, and arranged the jackstraws on a small table near the bed. Marjorie's Vacation Faro is to other games as war is to jackstraws. The Spoilers Kennedy picked them out with as much sang-froid as if he were not playing jackstraws with life and death. The Dream Doctor In cold weather an Englishman arranges a few splintered jackstraws, kindling fashion, in an open grate somewhat resembling in size and shape a wallpocket for bedroom slippers. Europe Revised It's always fun to play jackstraws, and the children went at it with a zest. Marjorie at Seacote They had a jolly time and followed the jackstraws with a game of Parcheesi. Marjorie's Vacation She was past mistress of the pretty game of jackstraws, much in vogue at that time. Homespun Tales There sat the wise man in the midst of his books and bottles and diagrams and dust and chemicals and cobwebs, making strange figures upon the table with jackstraws and a piece of chalk. Twilight Land You see, we used to cut paper dolls and play jackstraws together ages ago. Whirligigs European diplomacy at any moment of any year reminds you, if you inspect it closely, of a game of jackstraws. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge "I thought you might like to play some games this morning," Molly suggested, "so I brought over my jackstraws and my Parcheesi board." Marjorie's Vacation Twenty years later, in 1823, occurred the heap of jackstraws from which emerged the Monroe Doctrine. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Let me briefly speak of the first game of jackstraws, played at Paris in 1783. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge This was the result of that game of jackstraws. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Twenty years later, in 1803, occurred the heap of jackstraws that led to the Louisiana Purchase. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge The jackstraws will be people, and your family can live in that corner of the Parcheesi board, and mine will live in this. Marjorie's Vacation That is the lesson of the first game of jackstraws. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge From the heap of jackstraws I shall lift out only that which directly concerns us and our acquisition of that enormous territory, then called Louisiana. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Another large game of jackstraws was being played in Europe in 1823. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge |
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