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sucker list
noun
, Informal.
- a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sucker list1
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
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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 “dupe,” a usage that in turn alludes to the naiveté of a baby suckling at its mother's breast. [ Colloquial ; 1940s]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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