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there's a sucker born every minute

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
there's a -suck-er born ev-ery minute
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

There will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled.

American usage; Slang

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What does there's a sucker born every minute mean?
There will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled.

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