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Word entry · 6 letters

sucker

Best crossword clue

"Gullible one"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌk.ə/Part of speech nounSorted cekrsuStarts with SEnds with R2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A person easily fooled, or a fish with a suction-feeding mouth.

Word origin

From Middle English souker, sokere, sukkere, soukere, equivalent to suck (verb) + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Suuger, West Frisian sûker (“sucker”), Dutch zuiger (“sucker”), German Sauger (“dummy; vacuum”).

Used in a sentence

  • Sir Gregory. I promise you, not a house-rabbit, sir. Sir Perfidious. No sucker on ’em all.
  • They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch.
  • A band of music was sent thirty miles to wake up the sleepy suckers, and draw them, by the magic of their music, to the Douglas gathering at Quincy, Illinois.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Gullible one6 letters
02Gullible mark6 letters

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