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Definition of patsy in English: patsynounPlural patsies ˈpatsiˈpætsi North American informal A person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something. the blonde was drop-dead gorgeous but she was nobody's patsy Example sentencesExamples - I try never to forget that even for the powerful and their patsies, this is all a surreal and confusing game.
- He said: ‘The Scottish police were nobody's patsies.’
- ‘I know what a patsy is,’ Bert says, mimicking Jonnie's earlier words.
- He is an excellent patsy to take on the role, as he has Alzheimer's and can't be asked any embarrassing questions.
- I don't know whether you are misguided, clueless, a patsy, or a fool.
- In fact, they have been just such patsies for years.
- There had to be darker forces, some mysterious hand driving him to do this, to make him a patsy, then to silence him in public.
- He seems to perpetually be a patsy or bad guy in everything he plays, which I suppose he can't complain about since he's made a living at it.
- Being a steadfast ally of the US doesn't mean being a patsy.
- He says he is being made a patsy by the government.
- This is a fiendishly clever plot, and he is indeed the patsy.
- They didn't like to look bad, so they would be looking for someone to pin it on and if they found out he had taken the car, he would be a perfect patsy.
- To their shame, these business leaders view shareholders as patsies, not partners.
- A well-dressed man virtually fed the victim to the mob, then escaped, and Marquez wonders if the supposed assassin was really an innocent patsy.
- So can you believe that Ashley already has a new patsy for the school year?
- There is a difference between being magnanimous and being a patsy.
- Maybe they figured they would know too much to be reliable patsies.
- Mapes thereby revealed herself to be a patsy, a mark, a victim of the Big Con.
- The average guy who buys a mutual fund is not an investor at all; he's a chump, a patsy, a schmuck.
- Show Europe that Ireland isn't the patsy they think we are.
Synonyms fool, simpleton, innocent, dupe, gull
Origin Early 20th century: of unknown origin. Definition of patsy in US English: patsynounˈpætsiˈpatsē North American informal A person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something. the blonde was drop-dead gorgeous but she was nobody's patsy Example sentencesExamples - I don't know whether you are misguided, clueless, a patsy, or a fool.
- Being a steadfast ally of the US doesn't mean being a patsy.
- He says he is being made a patsy by the government.
- The average guy who buys a mutual fund is not an investor at all; he's a chump, a patsy, a schmuck.
- Maybe they figured they would know too much to be reliable patsies.
- They didn't like to look bad, so they would be looking for someone to pin it on and if they found out he had taken the car, he would be a perfect patsy.
- Show Europe that Ireland isn't the patsy they think we are.
- So can you believe that Ashley already has a new patsy for the school year?
- There is a difference between being magnanimous and being a patsy.
- This is a fiendishly clever plot, and he is indeed the patsy.
- To their shame, these business leaders view shareholders as patsies, not partners.
- A well-dressed man virtually fed the victim to the mob, then escaped, and Marquez wonders if the supposed assassin was really an innocent patsy.
- He is an excellent patsy to take on the role, as he has Alzheimer's and can't be asked any embarrassing questions.
- He seems to perpetually be a patsy or bad guy in everything he plays, which I suppose he can't complain about since he's made a living at it.
- In fact, they have been just such patsies for years.
- Mapes thereby revealed herself to be a patsy, a mark, a victim of the Big Con.
- He said: ‘The Scottish police were nobody's patsies.’
- I try never to forget that even for the powerful and their patsies, this is all a surreal and confusing game.
- There had to be darker forces, some mysterious hand driving him to do this, to make him a patsy, then to silence him in public.
- ‘I know what a patsy is,’ Bert says, mimicking Jonnie's earlier words.
Synonyms fool, simpleton, innocent, dupe, gull
Origin Early 20th century: of unknown origin. |