clay pigeon
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clay pigeon
noun
1.
Trapshooting, Skeet. a disk of baked clay or other material hurled into the air from a trap as a target.
2.
Slang. a person in a situation likely to be taken advantage of by others.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism
1885–90, Americanism
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| clay pigeon | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a disc of baked clay hurled into the air from a machine as a target to be shot at |
| 2. | slang (US) a person in a defenceless position; sitting duck |
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Clay pigeon
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
clay pigeon
A person easily duped or taken advantage of, as in You're a clay pigeon for all of those telephone fund-raisers. The term alludes to the clay pigeon of trapshooting, which replaced the use of live birds in this sport in the 1860s. Its transfer to figurative use in the first half of the 1900s probably is explained by the much older slang use of pigeon for "dupe." Also see fall guy.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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