Unnamed "Sucker"

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2020-03-10 08:51
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3465
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Unnamed "Sucker"
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Unnamed "Sucker"
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"Sucker" is the generic term Montgomery Ward Snopes uses in The Mansion to refer to the kind of man who falls for Clarence and Virgil's scheme to cash in on Virgil's sexual "powers" (82). The one specific "sucker" who is mentioned during Monty's visit to Memphis is described as "a big operator, a hot sport" (92).

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