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buck-passer definition

☆ buck·-passer (buk′pas′ər)

noun

Informal a person who regularly seeks to shift blame or responsibility to someone else

Etymology: see phr. pass the buck under buck

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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