strawman
n 1: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
[syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head,
straw man]
2: a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted [syn: straw
man]
3: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from
seeds [syn: scarecrow, straw man, bird-scarer, scarer]