Definitions

laughing stock

NOUN

object of ridicule

Synonyms

WEAK

Aunt Sally butt dupe fair game fall guy fool goat joke laughingstock stooge target victim

Example Sentences

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"Laughing-stock of the whole class," Mr. Phillips called him in a moment of extreme irritation, and the expression caught on.

From To Love by Peterson, Margaret