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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 victim
Familiarity information: EASY MARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A defenseless victim
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
easy mark; sitting duck
Hypernyms ("easy mark" is a kind of...):
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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