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sucker list
noun
- a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sucker list1
Idioms and Phrases
A list of names of likely prospects for making purchases or donations, as in Some charities raise money by selling their sucker lists to other organizations . This term uses sucker in the sense of 鈥渄upe,鈥 a usage that in turn alludes to the naivet茅 of a baby suckling at its mother's breast. [ Colloquial ; 1940s]Example Sentences
Answering the phone when scam artists call can put you on a 鈥渟ucker list鈥 that will prompt more calls.
The movie was called 鈥淪ucker List.鈥
This was called lead generation, and it professionalized the sucker list.
Once people appear on a 鈥渟ucker list鈥 as having responded to a fraudulent call or mailing, con artists will pursue them.
It is a 鈥榮ucker list鈥欌攖he names of stock biters and the price per bite.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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