1. Any person,
guilty or
innocent, who takes
full blame to
shield others.
2. A
fool; a bungling criminal; a stupid tool of
crafty criminals. "
These stirs (prisons) are full of fall guys and squares (accidental criminals). All the hip (smart) ghees (fellows) hit the counties (country jails) or the street (win acquittals or bribe their way out)."
- american underworld dictionary - 1950