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Meanings of scarecrow in English
Portuguese
espantalho Catalan
espantall An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
Usage of scarecrow in English
1
He spent part of the afternoon in throwing stones at a scarecrow.
2
The scarecrow simply shrugs and returns to mopping the polished onyx floor.
3
The next instant the scarecrow figure seemed to fly all to pieces.
4
Henceforth you will be described as a scarecrow in all Slavonic fights.
5
I still felt like a scarecrow, but I was on my way.
6
It's only once you zoom that you see it's actually a scarecrow.
7
This man was half the size of Skinner, and a regular scarecrow.
8
This scarecrow had not said a word to anyone during the drive.
9
They gathered that a scarecrow is not as dangerous as it looks.
10
It was originally made to be part of his village's scarecrow festival.
11
All that remained of the scarecrow were rags nailed to the wood.
12
To make a story out of a scarecrow, giving it odd attributes.
13
Guess I'll make a sort of scarecrow and stuff it with straw.
14
The next day Billy arrived, a thin, white scarecrow of a dog.
15
It was nothing, after all, but a scarecrow stuck upon two sticks.
16
My headlights revealed a shadowy scarecrow, hunched and emaciated on his cross.
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