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scarecrow
/ ˈskɛəˌkrəʊ /
noun
- an object, usually in the shape of a man, made out of sticks and old clothes to scare birds away from crops
- a person or thing that appears frightening but is not actually harmful
- informal.
- an untidy-looking person
- a very thin person
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Other Words From
- scarecrowish scarecrowy adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scarecrow1
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Example Sentences
It would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow.
There, the beloved characters would emerge: the Cowardly Lion singing about courage and the Scarecrow dancing with the crows.
It was rumored that Howard Stern would play Scarecrow and Madonna would play Harley Quinn.
There's no Judy Garland songs, no Scarecrow, no Tin Man, no Cowardly Lion.
His size 22 feet splayed out in front of him, he resembles an oversize version of the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.
It is at best but a worn-out scarecrow shaking its vain rags in the wind.
For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold.
"Silly," said Jehosophat, for he was older than Marmaduke and knew Mr. Scarecrow very well.
Woot watched this operation with much interest, for the Scarecrow's body was only a suit of clothes filled with straw.
The Scarecrow's head was a gunnysack filled with bran, on which the eyes, nose and mouth had been painted.
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