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laughing stock

C. 1598, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, sc. 1.

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  • From laughing + stock. Compare also whipping-stock, jesting-stock.
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c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, sc. 1:.

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Additional definitions for 'laughing stock':

laughing stockAn object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; a butt of sport.
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