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fall guy
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fall guy
also-ran, babe, boob, booby, butt, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, defeatee, duck, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, fish, fool, game loser, goat, gobe-mouches, good loser, good sport, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, innocent, leadpipe cinch, loser, monkey, patsy, pigeon, plaything, prize sap, pushover, sap, saphead, scapegoat, schlemiel, sitting duck, sport, stooge, sucker, the vanquished, toy, trusting soul, underdog, victim, whipping boyFor further exploring for "fall guy" in Webster Dictionary Online