scarecrow
/ˈskɛrˌkroʊ/
noun
- A figure shaped like a person, dressed in old clothes, set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.
- The farmer built a scarecrow in the cornfield to keep the crows from eating the seeds.
- Children helped stuff old shirts and pants with straw to make a scarecrow for the garden.
- A scarecrow stood alone in the field, its hat tilted and sleeves flapping in the wind.
- A person who is very thin, shabbily dressed, or looks messy and unkempt.
- The old man shuffling down the street was a scarecrow in a torn coat and muddy boots.
- After weeks of illness, he looked like a scarecrow in his oversized clothes.
- She joked that her reflection in the morning made her look like a scarecrow.
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