win|dle|straw

win|dle|straw
win|dle|straw «WIHN duhl STR», noun. Scottish.
1. a dry, thin, withered stalk of grass.
2. Figurative. a person or thing of trifling worth or a flimsy nature.
[Old English windelstrēaw dry grass stalk, type of grass, perhaps < windel a basket + strēaw straw]

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