1. A person used as a cover for some questionable activity
   - front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man 
2. A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
   - straw man 
3. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
   - scarecrow, straw man, bird-scarer, scarer

Derived forms: straw men, strawmen

Type of: beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, effigy, image, simulacrum, slicker, specious argument, trickster

Encyclopedia: Strawman

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