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Laughingstock   /lˈæfɪŋstˌɑk/   Listen
Laughingstock

noun
1.
A victim of ridicule or pranks.  Synonyms: butt, goat, stooge.






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"Laughingstock" Quotes from Famous Books



... thy soul the desires that please her, she will make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies ...
— Deuteronomical Books of the Bible - Apocrypha • Anonymous

... fury burst from Sir Richard Fulke; and drawing his sword he would have sprung upon the lad, who had not only disfigured him for life, but now made him the laughingstock of society, for the tale would, he knew, spread far and wide. Several of the gentlemen threw themselves between him ...
— The Cornet of Horse - A Tale of Marlborough's Wars • G. A. Henty



Words linked to "Laughingstock" :   butt, April fool, stooge, dupe, victim



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