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nounan object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops. anything frightening but not really dangerous. a person in ragged clothes. an extremely thin person. Origin of scarecrowFirst recorded in 1545–55; scare + crow1 OTHER WORDS FROM scarecrowscarecrowish, scarecrowy, adjectiveWords nearby scarecrowscarcely, scarcely ever, scarcement, scarcity, scare, scarecrow, scaredy-cat, scarehead, scaremonger, scare out of one's wits, scare quotes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scarecrowIt would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow. Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST There, the beloved characters would emerge: the Cowardly Lion singing about courage and the Scarecrow dancing with the crows. Follow the Yellow Brick Road…to North Carolina|Nina Strochlic|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST There's no Judy Garland songs, no Scarecrow, no Tin Man, no Cowardly Lion. What Critics Are Saying About ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’|Marlow Stern|March 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST His size 22 feet splayed out in front of him, he resembles an oversize version of the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. The Seven Foot Philanthropist|Sandra McElwaine|June 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And, like the scarecrow, I'm glad you found a bit of your brain. How the People in My District Got Stupak to Change His Mind|Michael Moore|March 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST "If she is, she may be of great service to us," answered the Scarecrow, who was impressed by a sudden thought. The Marvellous Land of Oz|L. Frank Baum I went back to my companions and explained, and before evening we had picked the scarecrow to pieces. The New Education|Scott Nearing Out on to the wooden platform of the circus tent went Bunny, the scarecrow boy, and Sue, the Jack-o'-lantern girl. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus|Laura Lee Hope But the Woodman had seen them coming and the Scarecrow had decided what to do. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|L. Frank Baum The smaller creature stopped and stared fixedly at the Scarecrow. The Royal Book of Oz|L. Frank Baum
British Dictionary definitions for scarecrow
nounan object, usually in the shape of a man, made out of sticks and old clothes to scare birds away from crops a person or thing that appears frightening but is not actually harmful informal - an untidy-looking person
- a very thin person
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