figure of fun
noun phrase
: a person whom people laugh at and make jokes about in an unkind way
He was a figure of fun around town.
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Italia is an odd duck, both the story’s voice of conscience and a source of comic relief, a figure of fun and possibility.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Figure of fun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20of%20fun. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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