A Sarah Paul is a person you pay to stand in the background and loudly agree with you when you are fighting with someone/berating them/telling them off.
Husband: who was that woman who kept going âah haâ and âoh yeahâ after everything you said when we argued last night?
Wife: Iâm ashamed to tell you this but⦠she was a Sarah Paul.
Husband: why would you do that?