Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Jörg Knappen wrote on Mon, Dec 5, 2011 08:54 AM UTC:I looked up patsy in the OED, it is attested in 1889, postdating the german use of Patzer. I assosciate the word Patzer to the Viennese coffee house chess culture, where chess master earned money playing against Patzers. It is the age of Steinitz (one generation before Einstein and Lasker) or even ealier. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Nomenclature_Che does not match any item.