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laugh⋅ing⋅stock

  [laf-ing-stok, lah-fing-]
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–noun
an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
Origin:
1525–35; laughing + stock
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laugh·ing·stock   (lāf'ĭng-stŏk', lä'fĭng-)   
n.  An object of jokes or ridicule; a butt.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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