sucker
Example Sentences
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Some traders had griped that such markets were a sucker’s game because the shows are usually recorded before a studio audience several hours before airtime.
Far too open at the back throughout the game, City were caught by a sucker punch in the 22nd minute.
From Barron's
Usually, I’m a sucker for gossip, but grown-up drama is exhausting.
From Literature
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“You poor suckers,” I wanted to say, and I don’t usually use that sort of language.
From Literature
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“And he is a sucker when it comes to a lot of other things.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.