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patsy (pat)

noun pl. -·sies

Slang a person easily imposed upon or victimized

Etymology: prob. altered (after Patsy, nickname for Patrick) < It pazzo, crazy

patsy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: How is PATSy used in the context of this module?
  • have: And, with a new sizeable competitor in broadband, BT will now have a patsy to draw Ofcom's regulatory fire.
  • nominate: Oh and I nominate Paul Davis ( or nominated patsy ) to ask them because the board all hate him anyway!
  • make: This makes me Absolutely certain that the fabulous pair will make a patsy out of the Russians and use Absolute in future.

Modifies a noun

  • team: EA - EA is thanked both by the PATSy team and by Andy Lloyd for her time and help in collecting this data.
  • system: AL - We would like to thank AL for allowing us to use his data on the PATSy system.
  • cline: Music ranges from patsy cline to Pink with everything else inbetween... ... .

Noun used with modifier

government: Despite attempts to portray him as otherwise, Professor Bain was no Government patsy.

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