Scarecrow
//ˈskɛəkɹəʊ//
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anything that appears terrifying but offers no danger bird black tern crow scarer effigy typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes fixed to pole in field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there person clad in rags and tatters scarer splay rigidly outward like arms of scarecrow tall thin awkward person
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