Talk:laughingstock
Add topicI bet just about anything that laughing stock does NOT originate in laughing at people in stocks, as your entry says. There is no real evidence for what you said.
I think it refers to a stock item, something you keep in stock. When you bring out some items, people laugh at them. So, you bring out your laughing stock when you want people to laugh.
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