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    Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of...
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    A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion,...
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    Invertebrates Barred straw Straw underwing Birds Straw-backed tanager Straw-headed bulbul Straw-tailed whydah Mammals Straw-coloured fruit bat Straw-coloured pygmy...
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  • Drinking straw Straw (band), an English pop band "Straw" (story), a short story by Gene Wolfe Straw, a board game by Alderac Entertainment Group The Straw (play)...
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    A drinking straw is a utensil that is intended to carry the contents of a beverage to one's mouth. Disposable straws are commonly made from plastics....
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  • William David John Straw, CBE (born 1980) works in the charitable sector. He worked as a civil servant, founded the political blog Left Foot Forward,...
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  • A straw dog is a ceremonial object in ancient China. Straw dog or Straw Dogs may also refer to: Straw dog, a harvest ceremonial object from northern Britain...
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    Toyo straw is a type of shiny smooth straw made chiefly in Japan with shellacked rice paper. This material is commonly used for straw hats and fedoras...
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  • Final straw is an allusion to the proverb "It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back". It may also refer to: Final Straw, a 2003 album by the rock...
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    John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair...
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  • A straw purchase or nominee purchase is any purchase wherein an agent agrees to acquire a good or service for someone who is often unable or unwilling...
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  • A straw poll, straw vote, or straw ballot is an ad hoc or unofficial vote. It is used to show the popular opinion on a certain matter, and can be used...
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  • Straw dogs or grass dogs (simplified Chinese: 刍狗; traditional Chinese: 芻狗; pinyin: chú gǒu), figures of dogs made out of straw, were used as ceremonial...
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    A straw hat is a wide-brimmed hat woven out of straw or straw-like synthetic materials. Straw hats are a type of sun hat designed to shade the head and...
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  • Look up straw man or strawman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy. Straw man or strawman may...
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    "Turkey in the Straw" A recording of "Turkey in the Straw" "Chicken Reel/Turkey in the Straw medley" "Chicken Reel/Turkey in the Straw medley" performed...
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    Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (usually wheat straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. This...
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    Straw marquetry is a craft very similar to that of wood marquetry, except that straw replaces the wood veneer. It is thought to have first been practised...
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  • Look up the straw that broke the camel's back in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The idiom "the straw that broke the camel's back" describes a minor or...
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  • A straw maze is a maze built with straw bales. These are becoming a popular tourist attraction in the Western United States, particularly in Rexburg,...
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    soda straw (or simply straw) is a speleothem in the form of a hollow mineral cylindrical tube. They are also known as tubular stalactites. Soda straws grow...
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    Straw Bull or Straw Ox, sometimes Chaff Goby (Ukrainian: Solomennyi Biychok) is a Ukrainian folk tale about a poor old man and woman whose lives are improved...
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    Volvariella volvacea (also known as paddy straw mushroom or straw mushroom) is a species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia...
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  • Straw Dogs is a 2011 American action thriller film directed, produced, and written by Rod Lurie. It is a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film Straw Dogs...
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    A straw bear (German: Strohbär, plural Strohbären) is a traditional character that appears in carnival processions or as a separate seasonal custom in...
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  • Margarita with a Straw is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Shonali Bose. It stars Kalki Koechlin as an Indian teenager with cerebral...
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    Drawing lots or drawing straws is a selection method, or a form of sortition, that is used by a group to choose one member of the group to perform a task...
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    Myles James Noble Straw (born October 17, 1994) is an American professional baseball center fielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He was drafted...
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  • Look up man of straw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Man of Straw (novel), Der Untertan Man of Straw (film), 1951 Man of Straw (miniseries), 1972...
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    Salt & Straw is an ice cream company based in Portland, Oregon. The company was launched in 2011 by cousins Kim Malek and Tyler Malek. Salt & Straw began...
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