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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from Italian pazzo 'stupid person'

patsy

 noun
     
pat‧sy plural patsies [countable] especially American English informal
someone who is easily tricked or deceived, especially so that they take the blame for someone else's crime
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