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Straw:

1. Stalks of threshed grain, used as bedding and food for animals, for thatching, and for weaving or braiding, as into baskets.
2. Something, such as a hat or basket, made of straw.
3. A slender tube used for sucking up a liquid.
4. Something of minimal value or importance.
Which is the BEST meaning for straw as it is used in the following sentence?

There were a couple of trunks indeed, such as a rational man might need, but in addition there were a box of books—big, fat books, of which some were just in an incomprehensible handwriting—and a dozen or more crates, boxes, and cases, containing objects packed in straw, as it seemed to Hall, tugging with a casual curiosity at the straw—glass bottles.
A) Definition 1
B) Definition 2
C) Definition 3
D) Definition 4

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Answer:

A) Definition 1

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User MikeLim
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It's the first option! This is talking about items being packed in straw! 
User NerdStarGamer
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