Whipping boy

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA boy who was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince in early modern Europe.

"As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat."

2.NounSomeone punished for the errors of others.

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