Definitions for whipping-boy

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whipping-boy whipping boy

Whipping-Boy is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 234 anagrams from letters in whipping-boy (-bghiinoppwy).

Definitions for whipping-boy

noun

1. a person who is made to bear the blame for another's mistake; scapegoat.
2. (formerly) a boy educated along with and taking punishment in place of a young prince or nobleman.

Origin of whipping-boy

First recorded in 1640-50

Examples for whipping-boy

In others he denounces it as rank Judaism, the Jew having at that time become for him the whipping boy for all modern humanity.