英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈpætsi/
• 韻: -ætsi

名詞

patsy (plural patsies)

1. (informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.
   • 2003 March 16, Terry Jones, “Poor Tony Blair wakes up”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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.

同意語

• (by being cheated): sucker; see also Thesaurus:dupe
• (by being blamed): scapegoat; see also Thesaurus:scapegoat
• (by being blamed): fall guy

アナグラム

• Tyaps, pasty