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Meanings of
bird-scarer
in English
Portuguese
espantalho
Catalan
espantall
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An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
scarecrow
scarer
strawman
straw man
Portuguese
espantalho
Usage of
bird-scarer
in English
1
His head is swiveling like a
bird
-
scarer
,
taking in my twelve square meters of squalor.
2
They haunted newly-sown fields and would rise, all right, at a shout from a
bird
-
scarer
,
but were difficult to shoot.
3
Visiting Salisbury Museum, I found myself eyeballing the last great bustard in Victorian England, shot down by a
bird
-
scarer
with a marble in 1871.
4
"
'
Bird-scarer
,
'
"
said the C.S.M.
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Translations for
bird-scarer
Portuguese
espantalho
Catalan
espantall
espantaocells
Bird-scarer
through the time