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Definition of Scarecrows
1. scarecrow [n] - See also: scarecrow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarecrows
Literary usage of Scarecrows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"The specters of social disaster conjured up to frighten timid souls were, indeed,
but veritable scarecrows. The nursery of these imaginary social ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"scarecrows aie tet uf to keep birds from corn Thy father's merit sets thee up to
view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light, To make thy virtues or ..."
3. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1917)
"What those will be seems to be the great matter of Speculation, and as People
are determined by Reason, or by the frightful List of scarecrows and Bug bears ..."
4. Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributed to the New York Tribune by by Charles Taber Congdon (1869)
"... HISTORICAL scarecrows. THE cheapest and, at the same time, the readiest of
all subterfuges, when logic is lacking, is the Historical Bugaboo. ..."
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