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Meanings of make the butt in English

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Usage of make the butt in English
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Of one of these Goldsmith was made the butt.
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography
2
To be made the butt of a boarding-house table!
Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes
3
But he was made the butt of the jokes of the dressing tent for several days.
The Circus Boys in Dixie Land; Or, Winning the Plaudits of the S...
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According to Plato, it was he whom Socrates most persistently made the butt of his sarcasms.
Initiation into Philosophy
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Is it a dramatic mistake that even the heroine is made the butt of these merry-makers?
Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies
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It did begin to annoy Mr. Reed to have his son made the butt of the street.
A Little Girl in Old New York
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My imagination raced through columns of newsprint in which the Metamorphizer was made the butt of reporters' humor.
Greener Than You Think
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It seems to me that's enough, without being made the butt of your friends' wit into the bargain.
Maurice Guest
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Guipone was either too young or too dumb to realize he'd been made the butt of a joke.
Spider bones: a novel
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Both in conversation and in the "North Briton," they were ever made the butts of his ready wit.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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As the horses stopped Mr. Wilder, fearing that the boy had been made the butt of some mad prank, said severely:
Comrades of the Saddle; Or, The Young Rough Riders of the Plains
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His friends thought he was very funny, and he had no qualms about who he made the butt of his jokes.
Big girl: a novel
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Some of that laughter seemed to touch himself, and he was not a person to be made the butt of mirth.
The Sea-Hawk
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The story of a big ungainly youth who seemed fated to be misunderstood and to be made the butt of his comrades.
Adventures in Many Lands
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Such observations helped him to endure his lot with serenity, even when he was himself made the butt of the coarsest jokes.
French Pathfinders in North America
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They'll pretend to expose her-thepress will be on their side-andI will be made the butt of all their slurring gibes.
The Tyranny of the Dark