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• n  an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

• But before Dorothy gets there, she meets a roarious but cowardly lion (Ted Ross) and a marvelous scarecrow (Michael Jackson), hung up on his pole and tormented by rascally birds.
• Philip Coyle, the Pentagon's chief weapons tester for six years until 2001, says the shield is "a scarecrow defense" of unproven value.
• This is Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), a deranged parody of the World War I aerial ace: scarecrow skinny, gaily clad, sporting a James Coburn smile with advanced caries.

• straw man
• strawman
• bird-scarer
• scarer

News & Articles

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• BSD Meme Tourney: Sweet 16
  Zug has yet to break a sweat. Fire JayPa could be his next victim. 14-Seed Scarecrow, et.al. O-Line's proven to be this year's bracket buster, reaching the Sweet 16 by comfortable margins of victory. That's not the case with blue blood, #2 Old Man Euler.
  June 11, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Travis Johnson in USA Today
  It was a malicious hit. It was uncalled for,Johnson said. "He's like the scarecrow. He wants to get courage while I wasn't looking, and hit me in my knee instead of trying to hit me in my head. My knee ain't never hurt like it hurt today....
• Paris Hilton in MyFox Utah
  In the first movie we use Ra's Al Ghul and The Scarecrow, who had not been in the movies before, and had not been in the sixties TV show before. And there are dozens if not hundreds of other characters that fit that bill. Everyone says its gotta be... Christopher Nolan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGrnoGcLNZiBqypc1Gqt8DIoEVuyg LIVENEWS.com.au http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/07/29/Jolie_the_perfect_Catwoman_says_original_Catwoman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFJu3J5BMugeShXQeJj9lojEmmgNQ Jul 28, 2008 86372 115462 scared I am trying to be strong right now," Hilton said. "I'm really scared but I'm ready to face my sentence."