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noun
- An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.
- (context, figuratively, pejorative) A tall, thin, awkward person.
Translations: - Dutch: vogelverschrikker , (dialectal) vogelschrik
- French: épouvantail
- German: Vogelscheuche
- Italian: spaventapasseri
- Spanish: espantapí¡jaros
Etymology: From scare + crow
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