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Sucker

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

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Candy 76% connected

To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confect 76% connected

To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.

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Drinker 76% connected

One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

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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.

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Organ 76% connected

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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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.

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Cupule 76% connected

A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.

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Suck 74% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suck 74% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Chump 92% connected

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

oewn 2023 68% 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

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Gull 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lollipop 92% connected

A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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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