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Definitions of "straw man" on the Web:

• A slang term for a trustee who purchases property on behalf of another who wishes to remain anonymous.
  www.gibbons-realty.com/dictionary/S.html

• One who purchases property for another to conceal the identity of the real purchaser; a dummy purchaser, a nominee.
  www.prestigehawaii.com/reterms.html

• The arguer makes up a proposition never offered by her opponent (usually weaker than the true proposition) and then attacks it as if his opponent had offered that proposition. This is most common on Internet chat sites.
  designdynamics.org/dictionary.html

• is an opposing point of view set up so that it can easily be defeated. This is a common strategy in debate.
  members.tripod.com/hjohnsonmac0/TermsToKnow.htm

• front man: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
• a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
• scarecrow: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

• A straw man or man of straw is a dummy in the shape of a human created by stuffing straw into clothes. Straw men are used as scarecrows, combat-training targets or swordsmiths test-targets, effigies to be burned, and as rodeo dummies to distract bulls.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

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