Something that holds straws
The modern drinking straw was patented on 3 December 1888 by Marvin Chester Stone who was employed at a paper cigarette holder factory in Washington DC. He invented the drinking straw by using a fine piece of paper from the cigarette holder factory, rolled it around a pencil then coated it in wax to prevent it becoming waterlogged.
it means: the last staw
The modern drinking straw was patented in 1888 by Marvin C. Stone. However, the straw is believed to go back to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia, who used natural materials to form cylindrical drinking funnels so they could drink beer - doing to through a straw helped them avoid the sediments left over from the fermentation process. Straws used for drinking liquids were made from rye-grass, and tended to give drinks a grassy flavour, so weren't very popular, even though they were practical. The modern drinking straw was actually patented on 3 December 1888 by Marvin Chester Stone who was employed at a paper cigarette holder factory in Washington DC. He used a fine piece of paper from the cigarette holder factory, rolled it around a pencil then coated it in wax to prevent it becoming waterlogged.
The paper left on a straw is typically referred to as a straw wrapper or straw sleeve. It is used to keep the straw clean and hygienic before use.
A Straw Poll
Depends on the straw...
No, not a drinking straw. As for straw as in grass, I guess someone could eat that.
The word straw can be a noun or an adjective depending on how it is used.Some examples are below.She wore a big, straw hat. (Straw in this sentence is an adjective describing the word hat.)The boy drank milk from a straw. (In this sentence, straw is a noun.)
to eat hay. to sleep on straw or a mixture of both hay and straw
Where do you keep all your crops? Do you have any Straw?
Straw
it is an house made out of straw dear