skarcrow

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A form of scarecrow — An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.

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Meanings

nounskarcrow (plural skarcrows)

plural skarcrows

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of scarecrow.

    No eye hath ſeene ſuch skarcrovves. Ile not march vvith them through Couentry vvith them, thats flat: […]

    c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]
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skarcrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skarcrow

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“skarcrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skarcrow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skarcrow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skarcrow.

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