Phrase guide
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Someone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
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noun
Someone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
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noun
A person, thing, or situation which is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or urgent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
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History
Possibly an allusion to hooking a particularly lively fish on a fishing line.
