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Sucker

noun

A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. Synonyms: chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch.

A shoot arising from a plant's roots.

A drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw).

Flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws.

Hard candy on a stick. Synonyms: all-day sucker, lollipop.

An organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction.

Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps.

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... something when it gets ready. Whether it will be like the parent tree depends upon the wood from which the sucker broke out. If the young tree was budded very low, or if it was planted low, or if the ground has been shifted so as to bring the wood above the bud in a place to root a sucker, the fruit will be that of the parent tree. If the shoot came from the root below the bud, you will get a duplication ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson

... Blood-sucker, n. popular name for certain species of Lizards belonging to the genus Amphibolurus (Grammatophora). Especially ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... rule by an elite. If I say anarchism is ridiculous, you dredge up an opinion that it's man's highest ethic. You must laugh yourself to sleep at nights. You and Metaxa and Jakes and every other agent in Section G. Everybody is in on the Tog gag but the sucker." ...

— Ultima Thule • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... you is that it was Minnie Stitzenberg who got that guy up here from New York two years ago to sell stock in the Salt Water Gold Company, and stung fifty or sixty of our wisest citizens to the extent of thirty dollars apiece. I happen to know that Minnie got five dollars for every sucker that was landed. That guy was her cousin and she gave him a list of the easiest marks in town. If I remember correctly, you were one of them, Anderson. She got something like two hundred dollars for giving him the proper steer, and that's what I meant when I said there ...

— Anderson Crow, Detective • George Barr McCutcheon

... piece of strong leather. Thread a piece of string through the middle, and knot the string at the end to prevent it being pulled through. Soak the sucker in water until it is soft, and then press it carefully over a big smooth stone, or anything else that is smooth, so that no air can get in. If you and the string are strong enough, the ...

— What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes • Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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