Patsy Definition

pătsē
patsies
noun
patsies
A person easily imposed upon or victimized.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

Wiktionary

A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Patsy

Noun

Singular:
patsy
Plural:
patsies

Origin of Patsy

  • The term dates back at least to the 1870s in the United States, close to the peak of Irish migration. The OED's recent revisions link Patsy with Pat and Paddy, the stereotype of the bogtrotter just off the boat. The American Heritage Dictionary and Online Etymology Dictionary quotes the OED it may derive from the Italian pazzo ("madman"), and south Italian dialect paccio ("fool"). Another possibility is the term derives from Patsy Bolivar, a character in an 1880s minstrel skit who was blamed whenever anything went wrong, in Broadway musical comedies, for example in The Errand Boy [1904] and Patsy in Politics [1907].

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from Italian pazzo fool from Old Italian paccio

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Patsy Sentence Examples

  • Patsy, while incarcerated, still had a say in the matter.

  • Patsy Boyd was just released from prison.

  • His only comment of note was that Patsy, while obviously exhausted, seemed especially cheerful— "pleased with herself" was how he'd described her.

  • When told Patsy Boyd was traveling alone, Fred nodded with a knowing smile.

  • As for Martha's father, Patsy's comments as recorded on one statement she grudgingly gave the authorities listed him as "some john I did for a couple of bucks drug money."

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Words Starting With

PPAPAT

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