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patsy

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pat·sy  (pts)
n. pl. pat·sies Slang
A person easily taken advantage of, cheated, blamed, or ridiculed.
[Perhaps from Italian pazzo, fool, from Old Italian paccio.]
patsy [ˈpætsɪ]
n pl -sies Slang chiefly US and Canadian
1. a person who is easily cheated, victimized, etc.
2. a scapegoat
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.patsypatsy - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
chump, fall guy, gull, soft touch, sucker, mug, fool, mark
dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
Translations
patsy [ˈpætsɪ] N (US) → bobo/a m/f, primo m
patsy [ˈpætsi] n (US) (= mug) → pigeon m
patsy
n (US inf) (= scapegoat) → Sündenbock m; (= easy victim) → Leichtgläubige(r) mf; (= weak man) → Schlappschwanz m (inf), → Schwächling m


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Now, at the rear, a short hallway led off to a small kitchen, and here, at a table, alone, sat Patsy Horan, proprietor of the Vendome, consuming a hasty supper ere the evening rush of business.
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The four-months' old Patsy and Kathleen had gone into the cooking-pot at the barracks, and their puppy-soft skins had been destroyed in the fire.
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