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noun 
  1. Someone punished for the errors of others.
"As the , he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat."
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    Etymology: w:Middle English, Middle English wippen "flap violently", from w:Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic wipp-, from w:Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Indo-European wib- "move quickly". Whipping boy first recorded w:1647, 1647.

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