cat's-paw

A person who is used by another to achieve some end, especially in a duplicitous or cynical manner. Taken from a fable about a monkey who uses a cat's paw to retrieve chestnuts from a fire. I thought that Jake really loved me, but in the end, I was just a cat's-paw so he could stir up jealousy in his ex-boyfriend.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bairnsfather	['bɛənz.fa:ðə]
Ercanbald	-	Ancient Germanic
Oksana	ahk-SAH-nah (Russian)	Ukrainian, Russian
Kleopatra	-	Ancient Greek
LŪCija	-	Latvian
Ilari	EE-lah-ree (Finnish)	Russian, Finnish