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straws

The correct spelling is straws.

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noun

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The correct spelling is straws. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
  2. 2.Such dried stalks considered collectively.
  3. 3.A drinking straw.
  4. 4.A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
  5. 5.Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.

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