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patsies

patsies is the plural of patsy.

patsies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of patsy.

Meaning of patsy

Noun

patsy (plural patsies)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A person who is easily manipulated, victimized, or made to take the blame for something.
    • And now it's quite obvious that instead of Mr Rumsfeld and Mr. Cheney listening attentively to Mr Blair's sage advice, they've simply been using him as a patsy—a convenient fig-leaf.2003 March 16, Terry Jones, “Poor Tony Blair wakes up”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    sucker
  2. A conspirator, secretly designated by co-conspirators to take full blame and punishment for a wrongdoing, particularly an assassination; a fall guy.

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Questions about patsies

What is patsies the plural of?
Patsies is the plural of patsy.

Words near patsies in the dictionary

  1. Patshaling
  2. Patshishetshuanau
  3. Patsho
  4. Patsie
  5. patsied
  6. patsies
  7. patsoc
  8. patsocs
  9. Patsuezu
  10. patsy
  11. patsying

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