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1 caprimulgus
căprĭmulgus, i, m. [caper-mulgeo].* I.A milker of goats, poet. for countryman, Cat. 22, 10.—II.A bird supposed to suck the udders of goats, the goat-sucker, Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115. -
2 patsy
[`pætsɪ] сущ.1. 1) трус, ничтожество; слабак, слабый человек2) слабый, плохой игрок3) простофиля; простак, простачок, недотёпаThe language (of the ad) was as coy as that of a real estate ad: Rubenesque meant fat, generous meant rich patsy, artistic meant broke. — Объявление было написано таким скромным языком, как будто это было объвление о купле-продаже недвижимости: «формы как у Рубенса» обозначали толстяка, «щедрый» — богатого недотепу, «артистичный» — разорившегося неудачника.
2. 1) лох, лопух, жертва обманаDavis was nobody’s patsy...
син. dupe, fool, sucker, chump, fall guy, gull, mark, pigeon, sap, victim2) козёл отпущениясин. scapegoat, fall guy, goat, whipping boyАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > patsy
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