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straw Name Meaning and History
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire): from Old English
streaw, hence a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in
straw, or a nickname for an exceptionally thin man or someone with
straw-colored hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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