Man of Straw(A). A person without capital. It used to be customary for a number of worthless fellows to loiter about our law-courts to become false witness or surety for anyone who would buy their services; their badge was a straw in their shoes. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Man of Straw from Infoplease:
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