MEN OF STRAW
men of straw.Hist. False witnesses who wandered around courts and were paid to give untrue testimony. • They stuffed straw into their shoes so that advocates could recognize them. See STRAW MAN(4).
[Blacks Law 8th]
men of straw.Hist. False witnesses who wandered around courts and were paid to give untrue testimony. • They stuffed straw into their shoes so that advocates could recognize them. See STRAW MAN(4).
[Blacks Law 8th]