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3. Chiefly U.S. spoils, political patronage, sinecures, Sl. plums, Sl. pap; jobs, positions, offices, appointments; connections, backing, influence, Sl. drag, Inf pull, in, advantage, interest, favor, Inf. inside track.
4. condescension, condescendence, snobbery, underestimation, patronizing; scorn, disdain, contempt, disrespect; disparagement, discredit, slur, detraction; humiliation, dishonor, offense, insult, Sl. put-down; abuse, contumely.
5. condescending, deigning, stooping; indulgingness, indulgence, humoring, favoring; toleration, tolerance, allowance, sufferance, permission, endurance.
6. audacity, insolence, brazenness, impudence, impertinence, sauciness, effrontery, gall, flippancy, Rare, procacity; assurance, conceit, overbearingness, airs; presumption, arrogation.

patronize, v. 1. trade with, deal with, do or transact business with, traffic with, open an account with, have an account with, buy or purchase from, frequent.
2. treat condescendingly, look down on, look down one's nose at; underestimate, talk down to; scorn, disdain, contemn, despise; disparage, discredit, slur, detract from, derogate from; humiliate, dishonor, offend, insult, Sl. put down, set down.
3. condescend, deign, vouchsafe; indulge, humor; tolerate, allow, suffer, permit, endure; acquiesce, concede, accede; yield, give in, back down, comply with; unbend, lower oneself, stoop, descend; see fit to, be so good as to, so forget oneself as to; presume, arrogate.
4. sponsor, support, uphold, second, advocate, espouse, favor, subscribe to, take up; defend, champion, stand by, stand behind or in back of, take the part of; help, abet, aid, assist, succor, minister to; maintain, sustain; cultivate, foster, promote, encourage, sympathize; back, lend one's name to, boost, finance, provide capital or money for, put up the money, pay for, subsidize; favor, approve, countenance, endorse, smile upon; befriend, associate with; guard, protect, preserve, keep, look after, take under one's wing.

patronizing, adj. condescending, scornful, disdainful, contemptuous, supercilious, despising; imperious, overbearing, high-handed; snobbish, snobby, priggish, All Inf. snippy, snooty, snotty, high-hat, high-hatted; presumptuous, arrogant, haughty, lofty; inconsiderate, self-centered, tactless, uncharitable; offensive, humiliating, insulting, insolent.

patronymic, n. family name, surname, last name, cognomen, father's name, ancestral name, Dial, birth name.

patsy, n. Slang. 1. scapegoat, Inf. goat, Sl. fall guy, whipping boy; loser, born loser, Yiddish, nebech, Sl. nebbish; one who takes it on the chin, hard-luck guy, bearer of bad tidings.
2. gull, dupe, Sl. pigeon, Inf. sucker, Sl. sap, Sl. schlemiel; victim, mark, easy mark, target; cat's-paw, tool; pushover, doormat, one who can be led around by the nose, spineless one, Caspar Milquetoast, pantywaist.
3. laughingstock, Sl. sad sack, fool, chump, dolt, Sl. boob, Sl. schlimazel, joke.

patter¹, v. 1. tiptoe, walk lightly; scurry, scuttle, trip along, skip, hie.
2. tap, pitter-patter, drum, pound, beat; thrum, palpitate, pulsate.
3. spatter, sprinkle, splash, plash; fleck, dapple, stipple. -n. 4. pitter-patter, tapping, rat-a-tat, drumming, thrum, tattoo, pounding, pulsation.

patter¹, n. 1. spiel, pitch, Sl. flackery, harangue, address, glib talk; scat talk, scat singing.