patsy

Example Sentences

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He said crackpot theories have found oxygen in historical amnesia: “If there’s no motive, they can promote their idea that he was just an innocent patsy.”

From Los Angeles Times

And I don’t see the party as playing the patsy, either.

From Los Angeles Times

Granted, this first game was against the tanking Jazz, the same franchise that played patsy to Bryant’s 60 points nine years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Getting rid of Notre Dame from football schedule to play a patsy?

From Los Angeles Times

That’s the one in which Arthur’s trusted patsy, Patsy, slaps coconut halves together so the deluded king can pretend he has a horse.

From New York Times