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Man of Straw (A)

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A person without capital. It used to be customary for a number of worthless fellows to loiter about our law-courts to become false witness or surety for anyone who would buy their services; their badge was a straw in their shoes.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Man of December
Man of Destiny (The)
Man of Feeling
Man of Letters (A)
Man of Remnants (A)
Man of Ross
Man of Salt
Man of Sedan
Man of Silence (The)
Man of Sin (The)
Man of Straw (A)
Man of the Hill (The)
Man of the Sea
Man of the Third Republic (The)
Man of the World (A)
Man of Three Letters
Man-of-War (A)
Man of Wax
Man of Whipcord (A)
Manche (French)
Manchester

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