The crook got hold of a sucker list and started out to sell his worthless stock.
Mr. Smith gets so many advertisements in his mail that he says he is on every sucker list in the country.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
Sucker list — A sucker list is a list of persons who have previously been successfully solicited for something. [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9558 1477086,00.html Q A: how to avoid becoming a sucker Times Online] ] The major areas of sucker… … Wikipedia
sucker list — noun : a list of the names, addresses, and sometimes telephone numbers of persons who are likely to be purchasers or donors, to whom advertising matter might profitably be sent, or to whom personal application might be made purchased a sucker… … Useful english dictionary
sucker list — n. a list of potential dupes; a list of people who might be taken in by deception. □ I’m sure on their sucker list. They are trying to get me to go to a lecture and receive a free clock or something. □ Here’s the sucker list. Call them all and… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sucker list — {n.}, {slang} A list of easily fooled people, especially people who are easily persuaded to buy things or give money. * /The crook got hold of a sucker list and started out to sell his worthless stock./ * /Mr. Smith gets so many advertisements in … Dictionary of American idioms
sucker list — {n.}, {slang} A list of easily fooled people, especially people who are easily persuaded to buy things or give money. * /The crook got hold of a sucker list and started out to sell his worthless stock./ * /Mr. Smith gets so many advertisements in … Dictionary of American idioms
sucker list — a list of easily fooled people who are easily persuaded to buy something The salesmen used a sucker list to try and get people to buy his new product … Idioms and examples
sucker list — Informal. a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors. [1945 50, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Sucker — may refer to: * Lollipop or sucker, a type of confection * Basal shoot or sucker, a shoot or cane that grows from the base of a tree or shrub * Sucker (fish) or Catostomidae, a family of fish of the order Cypriniformes * Suckers, cup shaped parts … Wikipedia
List of confidence tricks — This list of confidence tricks and scams should not be considered complete, but covers the most common examples. Confidence tricks and scams are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type.… … Wikipedia
list — See: SUCKER LIST, WAITING LIST … Dictionary of American idioms
