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burn in effigy

Idioms  

  1. see in effigy.

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But I admit it is a disadvantage that they have not a saint or hero to crown in effigy as well as a traitor to burn in effigy.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Is this Guy Faux you burn in effigy?

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

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