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scarecrow definition

scare·crow (sker′krō′)

noun

  1. anything set up in a field to scare birds away from crops, usually a figure of a man made with sticks, old clothes, etc.
  2. anything that frightens one but is actually not harmful
  3. a person who looks or is dressed like a scarecrow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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