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a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

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sucker

"a person who is gullible; easy to persuade" """Who will buy that painting?"" ""Oh, a sucker will come along."""

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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.

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cocksucker

1. a contemptible person.
2. someone who sucks cocks

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sucker list|list|sucker

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 his mail that he says he is on every sucker list in the country.

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never give a sucker an even break

never give a sucker an even break
Don't allow a person who's easily duped a fair chance, as in He's always trying to give out expired coupons for his store, firmly believing in never giving a sucker an even break. Probably a direct quotation, it has been attributed to showman P. T. Barnum (responsible for the oft-quoted “There's a sucker born every minute”); and comedian W. C. Fields (who popularized it in one of his films); and theater manager Edward Francis Albee, the most probable of the three. [Slang; early 1900s]

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sucker punch

sucker punch
An unexpected blow, as in They felt that suddenly raising the interest rate was a sucker punch to the administration. This expression comes from boxing, where it is used for a punch delivered unexpectedly; boxing great Jack Dempsey wrote, “The right lead [for a right-handed boxer] is called a sucker punch.” [Slang; mid-1900s]