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scarecrow

[ skair-kroh ]

noun

  1. an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows crow or other birds away from crops.
  2. anything frightening but not really dangerous.
  3. a person in ragged clothes.
  4. an extremely thin person.


scarecrow

/ ˈ²õ°ìɛəˌ°ì°ùəʊ /

noun

  1. an object, usually in the shape of a man, made out of sticks and old clothes to scare birds away from crops
  2. a person or thing that appears frightening but is not actually harmful
  3. informal.
    1. an untidy-looking person
    2. a very thin person
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Origin of scarecrow1

First recorded in 1545–55; scare + crow 1
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Mr Tayebwa said he has been engaging farmers to use different deterrent methods like scarecrows to protect their crops from invading cranes.

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This lent more than a modicum of weight to the observation once made by Thomas Jefferson: “Experience has already shown that the impeachment the Constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow.â€

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