Timeline for Meaning of "fall guy" relative to "scapegoat" and "martyr" in article context
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| Apr 24, 2018 at 19:13 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/988858539446849536 | ||
| Apr 24, 2018 at 17:21 | comment | added | user57832 | Fall guy dates back at least to 1920s gangster slang. Other workable words would include patsy, pigeon, chump, fool... | |
| Apr 24, 2018 at 15:36 | answer | added | Kevin | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 24, 2018 at 15:31 | comment | added | Zebrafish | Fall guy is a person who either by prior designation or by spontaneity takes the blame for something a group did wrong, sounds to me like a scapegoat. | |
| Apr 24, 2018 at 15:21 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 24, 2018 at 15:19 | history | asked | JaneBar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |