| 词汇 | patsy |
| 释义 | patsy Theme: DUPE n. a victim of a scam. (Underworld.)That guy over there looks like a perfect patsy.We got nearly twentyfive hundred bucks off that patsy. Patsy ⇨ Patsy Cline; Patsynoun a dose of cocaine prepared for inhaling. Rhyming slang for LINE, based on country and western singer Patsy Cline, 1932–63 UK, 1996patsy noun 1 a dupe; someone blamed for a crime or accident. Perhaps the most famous maybe-patsy of the C20 was Lee Harvey Oswald, who told reporters shortly before being killed: 'They're taking me in because of the fact that I lived in the Soviet Union. I'm only a patsy' US, 1903. 2 in poker, a hand that requires no draw. Conventionally known as a 'pat hand' US, 1988. 3 a half-gallon jar filled with beer. A fairly complicated rhyme: Patsy Riggir is a country music singer, and her last name evokes RIGGER, which is another term for a half-gallon jar of beer NEW ZEALAND, 1998 patsySomeone who is an easy target to be scammed, cheated, or otherwise victimized. You need to be careful when people call up claiming to work for your bank. More often than not, they're just fishing for patsies. The CEO had been illegally siphoning funds for years, and he manipulated the paper trail so that his assistant was left as a patsy for the crime. patsy(ˈpætsi) n. a victim of a scam. (see also dupe.) That guy over there looks like a perfect patsy. |
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