- scarecrow
- noun Date: 1573 1. a. an object usually suggesting a human figure that is set up to frighten birds away from crops b. something frightening but harmless 2. a skinny or ragged person
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Scarecrow — Scarecrows in a rice paddy in Japan For other uses, see Scarecrow (disambiguation). A scarecrow is, essentially, a decoy, though traditionally, a human figure (or mannequin) dressed in old clothes and placed in fields by farmers to discourage… … Wikipedia
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scarecrow — scarecrowish, scarecrowy, adj. /skair kroh /, n. 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.… … Universalium
