catspaw
/ˈkætsˌpɔ/
noun
- A person who is used by someone else to do something unpleasant or dangerous; a tool or dupe.
- In the political scandal, the young aide was just a catspaw for the senator's ambitions.
- The manager used the intern as a catspaw to deliver the bad news to the team.
- He realized too late that he had been a catspaw in the corporate takeover.
- A light breeze that ripples the surface of water, often seen in calm weather.
- The sailor pointed to a catspaw on the lake, a sign that the wind was picking up.
- A sudden catspaw ruffled the reflection of the mountains in the river.
- We watched a catspaw dance across the still water of the bay.
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