PATSY


Meaning of PATSY in English

(patsies)

If you describe someone as a ~, you mean that they are rather stupid and are easily tricked by other people, or can be made to take the blame for other people’s actions. (AM INFORMAL)

Davis was nobody’s ~...

= mug

N-COUNT disapproval

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