- (a) whipping boy
- someone or something that is blamed or punished for problems that are caused by someone or something else.
Television has been the favourite whipping boy of every social reformer in modern America.
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(a) whipping boy
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whipping boy — whipping boys N COUNT If someone or something is a whipping boy for a particular situation, they get all the blame for it. He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the old regime. Syn: scapegoat … English dictionary
whipping boy — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is blamed or punished for the faults or incompetence of others. ORIGIN originally denoting a boy educated with a young prince and punished instead of him … English terms dictionary
whipping boy — n. 1. Historical a boy brought up together with a young prince and required to take the punishment for the latter s misdeeds 2. SCAPEGOAT (sense 2) … English World dictionary
Whipping-boy — (engl., spr. Uipping beu, d.i. Prügelknabe), so v.w. Sühnbock … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Whipping Boy — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Alternative Rock Gründung 1988 Auflösung 1998 Neugründung 2005 … Deutsch Wikipedia
whipping boy — n [singular] someone or something that is blamed for someone else s mistakes = ↑scapegoat … Dictionary of contemporary English
whipping boy — whipping ,boy noun count someone who is punished for someone else s mistake or crime, usually because they have less power than that person … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whipping boy — [n] scapegoat dupe, fall guy*, goat*, mark*, patsy*, sacrifice, sucker, target, victim; concept 412 … New thesaurus
Whipping boy — A whipping boy, in the 1600 and 1700s, was a young boy who was assigned to a young prince and was punished when the prince misbehaved or fell behind in his schooling. Whipping boys were established in the English court during the monarchies of… … Wikipedia
Whipping Boy (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Whipping Boy Type = Album Artist = Whipping Boy Released = April 28, 2000 Length = ? Genre = Rock Label = Low Rent Records Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg sql=10:jzftxq80ldje link]… … Wikipedia
Whipping boy (disambiguation) — A whipping boy is a scapegoat.Whipping boy may also refer to:* The Whipping Boy , a Newbery Medal winning book * Whipping Boy (album), the third studio album from the Irish band Whipping Boy * Whipping Boy (American band), a hardcore punk band *… … Wikipedia
