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scare⋅crow

   [skair-kroh]
–noun
1. an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops.
2. anything frightening but not really dangerous.
3. a person in ragged clothes.
4. an extremely thin person.
Origin:
1545–55; scare + crow 1
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scare·crow     (skâr'krō')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A crude image or effigy of a person set up in a field to scare birds away from growing crops.
  2. Something frightening but not dangerous.
  3. A gaunt or haggard person.
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scarecrow

noun
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds 

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Scarecrow

Scare"crow`\, n. 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.

A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. --Dryden.

2. A person clad in rags and tatters.

No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat. --Shak.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The black tern. [Prov. Eng.]

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