Straw
91straw man — straw′ man′ n. 1) a person whose function is only to cover another s activities; front 2) a conveniently weak or innocuous person, object, or issue used as a seeming adversary or argument • Etymology: 1895–1900 …
92straw man — or party A front ; a third party who is put up in name only to take part in a transaction. Nominal party to a transaction; one who acts as an agent for another for the purpose of taking title to real property and executing whatever documents and… …
93straw party — straw man or party A front ; a third party who is put up in name only to take part in a transaction. Nominal party to a transaction; one who acts as an agent for another for the purpose of taking title to real property and executing whatever… …
94straw man or party — A front ; a third party who is put up in name only to take part in a transaction. Nominal party to a transaction; one who acts as an agent for another for the purpose of taking title to real property and executing whatever documents and… …
95straw boss — ☆ straw boss n. Informal 1. a person having subordinate authority, as a foreman s assistant 2. a supervisor who has little or no authority to support his orders …
96straw man — n. 1. SCARECROW 2. a person of little importance; nonentity 3. a weak argument or opposing view set up by a politician, debater, etc. so as to be able to attack it and gain an easy, showy victory 4. a person used to disguise another s intentions …
97straw|ber|ry — «STR BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. a small, juicy, red fruit that is good to eat. It has many tiny, yellow seeds on the skin. 2. the low plant that it grows on. The varieties of strawberry comprise a genus of the rose family …
98straw|flow|er — «STR FLOW uhr», noun. any one of various flowers that keep their shape and color when dry, especially a tall annual herb of the composite family, having yellow, orange, red, or white flowers …
99straw|worm — «STR WURM», noun. 1. the larva of certain chalcid flies, that attacks grain stalks. 2. = caddis worm. (Cf. ↑caddis worm) …
100Straw polls for the Republican Party 2008 presidential nomination — Numerous straw polls were held for the Republican Party s 2008 United States presidential nomination. The largest was the Ames Straw Poll held in Iowa on August 11 2007, won by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Other large straw polls… …
