Hypertext Webster Gateway: "laughingstock"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Laughingstock \Laugh"ing*stock`\, n.
An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. --Shak.

When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself
the laughingstock of his hearers. --Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

laughingstock
n : a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: {butt}, {goat}, {stooge}]


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