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Whipping Boy

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Noun

1. scapegoat, whipping boy

someone who is punished for the errors of others

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Whipping Boy

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noun
a person of little importance who is blamed for the errors, incompetence, etc, of others, esp his superiors; scapegoat

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Whipping Boy

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1.  Obsolete
a boy brought up together with a young prince and required to take the punishment for the latter's misdeeds
2. 
scapegoat (sense 2)

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Whipping Boy

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n.
1. A scapegoat.
2. A boy formerly raised with a prince or other young nobleman and whipped for the latter's misdeeds.

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