stooge
noun/stuːdʒ/
/stuːdʒ/
- (informal, usually disapproving) a person who is used by somebody to do things that are unpleasant or dishonest
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- a performer in a show whose role is to appear silly so that the other performers can make jokes about him or her
Word Originearly 20th cent.: of unknown origin.
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