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man of straw





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Others may consider that Author Priestley has hit an easy mark and is jumping on a man of straw when he is down.

From Time Magazine Archive

If this is a man of straw, he has a pretty good punch.

From Time Magazine Archive

You are knocking down a man of straw here .

From Time Magazine Archive

I have been a man of straw long enough.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I am but a man of straw, Arthur,” he said.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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