"crow scarer" meaning in All languages combined

See crow scarer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: crow scarers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crow scarer (plural crow scarers)
  1. A farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields.
    Sense id: en-crow_scarer-en-noun-zTrStqQq
  2. Synonym of scarecrow (“effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there”) Synonyms: scarecrow [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-crow_scarer-en-noun-FP4~1TTb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Corvids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 54 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 58 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 59 21 Disambiguation of Corvids: 18 55 27
  3. (British) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare crows and other birds. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-crow_scarer-en-noun-58QO9Sa7 Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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