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Complete Definition of "laughingstock"

English

Alternative spellings
laughing stock

Etymology
laughing + stock

Noun
laughingstock<!--encarta lists only this form-->

  1. An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. - Shakespeare

#:Quotations
#:*When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughingstock of his hearers. - Macaulay
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Translations
trans-top|object of ridicule
Finnish: naurunaihe
German: Witzfigur f
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Category:English nouns
Category:Words from Shakespeare

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