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laughingstock

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laugh·ing·stock  (lfng-stk, läfng-)
n.
An object of jokes or ridicule; a butt.
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Noun1.laughingstock - a victim of ridicule or pranks
goat, stooge, butt
April fool - the butt of a prank played on April 1st
dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
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Don't you know that if you go on like that, you will grow into a perfect donkey and that you'll be the laughingstock of everyone?
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
That I shall be the laughingstock of all Moscow, that everyone will say that you, drunk and not knowing what you were about, challenged a man you are jealous of without cause.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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