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laughingstock
[ laf-ing-stok, lah-fing- ]
/ ˈlæf ɪŋˌstɒk, ˈlɑ fɪŋ- /
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noun
an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
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laughing stock
noun
an object of humiliating ridiculehis mistakes have made him a laughing stock
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