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scare-the-birds

scare-the-birds noun: a scarecrow.

Noun

scare-the-birds

  1. A scarecrow.
    • Miss Padsoe looked very fragile and old, more like a scare-the-birds than a woman as she carefully wrapped a mothy old bit of fur round her thin neck, and Miss Baker wondered if she ought to come out in this bitter cold, and said as much.1934, Stella Gibbons, Bassett
    • A black wooden toy windmill on a stick meant for a scare-the-birds was warped and immovable.1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 22

Questions about scare-the-birds

What does scare-the-birds mean?
Scare-the-birds means a scarecrow.
What part of speech is scare-the-birds?
Scare-the-birds is a noun.

Words near scare-the-birds in the dictionary

  1. scare-quote
  2. scare-quotes
  3. scare-roused
  4. scare-sleep
  5. scare-sleeps
  6. scare-the-birds
  7. scareability
  8. scareable
  9. scarebabe
  10. scarebabes
  11. scarebug

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