sucker bait
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sucker bait
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The days are over when garden catalogues were synonyms for sucker bait.
From Time Magazine Archive
Too low a price could be sucker bait, discouraging alternative energy sources and conservation, and setting the stage for a bigger rip-off tomorrow.
From Time Magazine Archive
You are quite likely to see this if you respond incautiously to a flame-provoking post that was obviously floated as sucker bait.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
Whether they're sucker bait or not, these things will sell.
From The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun
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