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Goat
Goat noun - A person or thing taking the blame for others.
Usage example: an unhappy childhood was the goat he used to rationalize every failure and shortcoming
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Goat and Fool. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fool/goat
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