sacrificial poet

noun

In poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.

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Meanings

nounsacrificial poet (plural sacrificial poets)

plural sacrificial poets

  1. In poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sacrificial, poet.
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