The best way to garden is to put on a wide-brimmed straw hat and some old clothes. And with a hoe in one hand and a cold drink in the other, tell somebody else where to dig.    From LearnThat.org.  [Texas Bix Bender]

straw.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Ah, the straw-man or what I dub the straw-horse argument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jane Minogue: Traditional Marriage and the Straw-Horse Argument] Reference

Ian Plimer is what one refers to as a straw man, as is Lord Monckton.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Puna straw is shorter, and is always somewhat damp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests] Reference

Again straw man, when are you signing up? roger Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Strategic Reset] Reference

Spreading straw is like making up a bed with clean sheets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-06-01] Reference

And the straw is bailed and stored as fodder for hard times.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cycle of Creativity and How to Ride It | Write to Done] Reference

First we will have to take out the straw from the packaging.    From Wordnik.com.  [2006 August « oneduasan] Reference

Even though the straw is much shorter, it still shoots straight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: July 17, 2005 - July 23, 2005 Archives] Reference

First of all, our DANDY celery straw is not engineered in any way.    From Wordnik.com.  [DANDY Celery Straws | Impact Lab] Reference

Plus, the straw is better for temporary storage of terminal tackle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Hot Without Burning] Reference

First, straw is finely cut, and then it is dyed and dried in the sun.    From Wordnik.com.  [The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction] Reference

The dried straw is held down in place with reeds bent to make staples.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bunratty Castle, Ireland « Colleen Anderson] Reference

Ivan began pulling straw from the roof to feed the cattle two days ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child] Reference

He's grasping at some thin straw of what he had been raised to believe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cool Hand] Reference

The basic template for a cheese straw is butter, flour and grated cheese.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grasping at cheese straws | Homesick Texan] Reference

The straw is very handsome, and will make me the envy of Newport, next summer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference

For the men drivers out there: the straw is NOT invented to drink and drive.    From Wordnik.com.  [There are Two Types of Women Drivers] Reference

Yup, as Amis once said, for some people the first straw is always the final straw.    From Wordnik.com.  [MUSLIMS AND DUTCH STILL BEEFIN’] Reference

Bags of hair, chicken feathers, and straw is being stuffed into permeable bags to contain the oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [- Boing Boing] Reference

The pumpkins are out of the field, packed in straw out in the root cellar, the garden weeks-since put to sleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [2006 October - Telic Thoughts] Reference

As you know, the straw is very important for directing the delightful-smelling WD-40 lubricant into tight spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: July 17, 2005 - July 23, 2005 Archives] Reference

The last straw is then broken and Bella collapses to the floor, not in a fainting spell as she might have hoped for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight Lexicon » Chapter Three – The End] Reference

Tip: At this point, you can add in Chinese straw mushrooms or black mushrooms (pre-soaked in water to soften them up).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Flax straw is the fibrous stalk of a flax plant, left behind in the field after the flax seeds have been removed during combining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photo of the Day: A little pre-Christmas cheer] Reference

Cereal straw is the dry stalk of a cereal plant, left behind in the field after the grain or seed has been removed during combining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photo of the Day: A little pre-Christmas cheer] Reference

That the straw is a rose from his dear native vale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 02: Additional Poems (1837-1848)] Reference

They say a big problem, something called straw purchases.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2007] Reference

"Break a straw on it," said Black Tom; and the transaction was complete.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference

The other is my dress hat, if you can call a straw hat "dressy" ... it doesn't get worn much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference