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dupe

 (n): a person who is tricked or swindled
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8 months ago reesetee said:

Because they believe the bird was...well, not too smart. :-) Great etymology, sionnach--thanks!

8 months ago sionnach said:

This comes from a bird! The French word huppe means a certain small, elaborately crested bird, which we call the hoopoe. In Middle French the phrase du huppe ("of the hoopoe") became slang duppe, meaning a dupe, and passed into English with the same meaning.

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