Definitions for fall guy

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fall′ guy`*(n.)

  1. an easy victim.

    Category: Status (usage)

  2. a scapegoat.

    Category: Status (usage)

* Slang..

Origin of fall guy:

1905–10, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug(noun)

    a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Wiktionary

  1. fall guy(Noun)

    one whom is gullible and easily duped

  2. fall guy(Noun)

    scapegoat


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