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Thesaurus: scarecrow

Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.

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Definitions

  1. n. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.
  2. n. A person clad in rags and tatters.
  3. n. The black tern.
  4. n. an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
  5. n:100 n. an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds