scare|crow

scare|crow
scare|crow «SKAIR KROH», noun.
1. a figure dressed in old clothes, set in a field to frighten birds away from crops: »

The farmer decided to build a scarecrow so terrifying it would scare the hateful crows to death when they got a good look at it (New Yorker).

2. a person, usually skinny, dressed in ragged clothes: »

There ranged themselves in front of the schoolmaster's desk, half-a-dozen scarecrows, out at knees and elbows (Dickens).

3. Figurative. anything that fools people into being frightened; bugbear; bugaboo.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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