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A.Word.A.Day--clay pigeon
This week's theme: expressions coined after the names of birds. clay pigeon (klay PIJ-uhn) noun Someone in a situation vulnerable to be taken advantage of. [After a piece of baked clay, called a clay pigeon, thrown into the air as a flying target in shooting practice.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "[Scott Layden] is a clay pigeon in a media-intensive situation in which he's blamed for an approach that was carved in stone long before he arrived." Mark Heisler; Garden Party Lights Go Out; Los Angeles Times; Feb 7, 2003.
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