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Definition of Straws
1. straw [v] - See also: straw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straws
Literary usage of Straws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Saturday Magazine (1833)
"The weight and clumsy appearance of these bonnets, which confined the work
generally to the small straws, probably first suggested the idea of dividing the ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1903)
"ORANGE straws. j Cut peel into strips after removing white membrane, ... Boil two
cups of sugar with one of water until syrup threads; dip straws in this; ..."
3. The Saturday Magazine by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education (1833)
"The weight and clumsy appearance of these bonnets, which confined the work
generally to the small straws, probably first suggested the idea of dividing the ..."
4. The Indian Tribes of the Upper Mississippi Valley and Region of the Great by Emma Helen Blair, Nicolas Perrot, Morrell Marston, Thomas Forsyth, Paul Radin, Gertrude M. Robertson (1911)
"He is obliged also to form two other piles of straws; in one he places five and
in the other seven straws, with as many seeds as he pleases. ..."
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