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Fall guy

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who is gullible and easily duped. derogatory, informal, sometimes
  2. 2
    a male person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of wordnet
  3. 3
    A scapegoat. derogatory, informal, sometimes

    "Clemons's supporters have over the years given a different rendition of events. In the racially heated atmosphere of St Louis in the early 1990s, they say, Clemons was made the fall guy. Of the four men who were charged with the murders, the three black men were all put on death row while the one white man is now free on parole."

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