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EASY MARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does easy mark mean? 

EASY MARK (noun)
  The noun EASY MARK has 1 sense:

1. a defenseless victimplay

  Familiarity information: EASY MARK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EASY MARK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A defenseless victim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

easy mark; sitting duck

Hypernyms ("easy mark" is a kind of...):

dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)


 Context examples 


By my hilt! mon gar., it is very well when you do but shoot at a shield, but when there is a man behind the shield, and he rides at you with wave of sword and glint of eyes from behind his vizor, you may find him a less easy mark.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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