cat's-paw

Example Sentences

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Maybe the most disturbing part of the film’s invasion parable is its use of children as colonial catspaws.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2016

They are willing to promise you the moon to convert you into tools and catspaws.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon after, some catspaws began to play across the water.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald

As Gould had used these directors as catspaws, they were aggrieved because he had kept all of the loot himself.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus

I know that these gentlemen here, who are not saying a word, are mere catspaws and rubber stamps for you and Mr. Schryhart and Mr. Arneel and Mr. Merrill.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore