Whipping-boy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ|
Brit.
|ˈwɪpɪŋ bɔɪ|
noun
- Someone punished for the errors of others, historically a boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince.
"As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat."
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