patsy

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

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 • Nov. 16, 2023

Again, the easiest marks are the ones who don't realize they're being set up as a patsy.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

Many journalists have anointed him both—a destroyer of worlds but also a deal-maker, a patsy but also a conquering hero.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2023

Regibald du Burgh announced, “I accept the challenge of the once-archivist Werfel, traitor to his own people, elf-friend, patsy for the enemy.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin