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patsy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun patsy has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
patsy, n. (pl. -ies) esp. US sl. a person who is deceived, ridiculed, tricked, etc.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
patsy
babe, boob, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, fall guy, fish, fool, goat, gobe-mouches, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, innocent, leadpipe cinch, mark, monkey, pigeon, plaything, prize sap, pushover, sap, saphead, scapegoat, schlemiel, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, toy, trusting soul, victim, whipping boy
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