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The correct spelling is straw man.
How to pronounce straw man
noun
Say it like: Str-aw -man
The correct spelling is straw man. The third party who makes a straw purchase for another person. For example: "a tentative straw-man spec"
Usage Examples
“a tentative straw-man spec”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The third party who makes a straw purchase for another person.
- 2.A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
- 3.An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
- 4.An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
- 5.An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.
verb
- 1.To falsely attribute an insubstantial argument (a straw man argument) to another through direct declaration or indirect implication; to put words in someone's mouth.
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