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Vocabobobo Posted 19 years ago
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an easy mark...
0 Hello. How should I interpret the phrase "an easy mark"? 02 br
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00 I came across with this phrase in an article that is written by a man with 01 i 00 mantle cell lymphoma, 02 i 00 a rare form of blood cancer. The phrase was used in the following sentence: The Internet is a fantastic resource for patients, but some of what I read about mantle cell lymphoma was out of date or even wrong, and logging on began to make me feel anxious. I thought my wife was in denial, and she thought I was 01 b 00 an easy mark 02 b 00 for every cancer cure. 02 br
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00 I came across with this phrase in an article that is written by a man with 01 i 00 mantle cell lymphoma, 02 i 00 a rare form of blood cancer. The phrase was used in the following sentence: The Internet is a fantastic resource for patients, but some of what I read about mantle cell lymphoma was out of date or even wrong, and logging on began to make me feel anxious. I thought my wife was in denial, and she thought I was 01 b 00 an easy mark 02 b 00 for every cancer cure. 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance. 0-
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0 01 b 00 be easy game/meat 02 b 00 ( 00 US 00 00 be an easy mark 00 ) 00 SLANG 02 br
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01 i 00 Old ladies living alone are easy game 01 b 00 for 02 b 00 con-men. 02 i 02 br
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00 to be easily deceived: 02 br
01 i 00 Old ladies living alone are easy game 01 b 00 for 02 b 00 con-men. 02 i 02 br
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0 A Mark is someone targetted to be cheated. 02 br
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00 They call it that because in carnivals, people that appeared to be easy to be cheated were given a chalk mark on their backs to alert the other con-men. 0-
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00 They call it that because in carnivals, people that appeared to be easy to be cheated were given a chalk mark on their backs to alert the other con-men. 0-
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01 cite 10 Vorpar 12 cite 10 A Mark is someone targetted to be cheated. 12 br10 Really, the things those people were up to!
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10 They call it that because in carnivals, people that appeared to be easy to be cheated were given a chalk mark on their backs to alert the other con-men. 12 br
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The origin of "easy mark" comes from the Smith Brothers Cough Drops originally manufactured in Pougkeepsie New York. You can look them up in the Wikipedia which gives you the history of the cough drops and how the words "Trade Mark" under the pictures of William and Andrew Smith eventually had people calling William, Trade and Andrew, Mark. Mark was quite a drinker of alcoholic beverages and when
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During the depression, when many 'hoboes' were riding the rails, there was a secret language they used. Besides warnings and directions, another mark designated homes that would provide a meal or handouts to these men.
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