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scarer|ˈskɛərə(r)|
[f. scare v. + -er1.]
One who or something which scares; spec. (usu. as bird-scarer) a person or thing (other than a traditional scarecrow) for frightening birds away from crops.
1740Richardson Pamela I. Introd. 30 Till the Ghost of Lady Davers, drawing open the Curtains, scares the Scarer. 1820Examiner No. 621. 154/1 Like a scarer away of birds from the grapes. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. v, To a old bird like myself these are scarers. 1879Escott England I. 299 When he commences life as an agricultural labourer, it will probably be, not in the capacity of scarer—bird-scaring is now generally done by inanimate scarecrows. 1930H. H. Thomas Pop. Gardening Ann. 24 A good cheap scarer on the market is obtainable in the shape of a black cat's head. 1953R. Godden Kingfishers catch Fire xiii. 157 The bird-scarers had come to watch over the cherry crop. 1961Times 7 Jan. 8/6, I could not make out whether the contents were a bird-scarer or a child's rattle. 1971Country Life 16 Sept. 682/1 We were much troubled by an explosive bird-scarer in a field of barley adjoining our house. |