buck passer

noun

Informal.

1. a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.

Other Word Forms

• buck-passing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of buck passer¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

He am what you calls de buck passer.

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Another Eastern European buck passer got away with putting some pink "play money" into circulation.

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