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Meanings of scarecrow in inglés

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Human-like decoy or mannequin placed in fields.

        espantapajaros
        portugués
        espantalho
        catalán
        espantall

        An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.

              espantalho
              Usage of scarecrow in inglés
              1
              He spent part of the afternoon in throwing stones at a scarecrow.
              More William
              2
              The scarecrow simply shrugs and returns to mopping the polished onyx floor.
              The Sandman Book of Dreams
              3
              The next instant the scarecrow figure seemed to fly all to pieces.
              Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Eleph...
              4
              Henceforth you will be described as a scarecrow in all Slavonic fights.
              Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
              5
              I still felt like a scarecrow, but I was on my way.
              On Edge
              6
              It's only once you zoom that you see it's actually a scarecrow.
              The South African
              7
              This man was half the size of Skinner, and a regular scarecrow.
              The Lady of Big Shanty
              8
              This scarecrow had not said a word to anyone during the drive.
              The Man Who Lost Himself
              9
              They gathered that a scarecrow is not as dangerous as it looks.
              Children of the Wild
              10
              It was originally made to be part of his village's scarecrow festival.
              The Irish Times
              11
              All that remained of the scarecrow were rags nailed to the wood.
              Number9Dream
              12
              To make a story out of a scarecrow, giving it odd attributes.
              Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1
              13
              Guess I'll make a sort of scarecrow and stuff it with straw.
              Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Eleph...
              14
              The next day Billy arrived, a thin, white scarecrow of a dog.
              Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
              15
              It was nothing, after all, but a scarecrow stuck upon two sticks.
              Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories
              16
              My headlights revealed a shadowy scarecrow, hunched and emaciated on his cross.
              Mysterious Skin
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              espantalho
              Scarecrow through the time
              Scarecrow across language varieties
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