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Chump

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

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Dupe 76% connected

One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Victim 76% connected

A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fool 92% connected

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gull 92% connected

To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mug 92% connected

A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sucker 92% connected

One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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