all-day sucker
- noun
- /ˈɔːl-deɪ ˈsʌkər/
- US
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pirulí
- He always carries a all-day sucker in his backpack for a sweet treat during school.
Examples
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My little sister enjoyed her all-day sucker while watching the parade.
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Sorry, sweetheart, but this all-day sucker is down to the soggy stick.
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Don't waste your pucker on some all-day sucker.
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At the fair, I bought an all-day sucker that lasted for hours.
Synonyms
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1.0
A hard sweet on a small stick that you lick or suck
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1.0
A small sweet made from sugar that you suck rather than chew
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1.4
A hard candy on a small stick you suck or lick
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6.4
A sweet treat on a stick like a lollipop or an ice pop
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4.4
A large hard candy that dissolves slowly in your mouth
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
all-day + sucker
The meaning is directly built from 'all-day' (lasting the whole day) modifying 'sucker' (a lollipop); together they describe a lollipop designed to be consumed slowly or to last a long time. This is a simple adjective + noun composition following standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun all-day sucker names a very large lollipop. It comes from the picture of a sucker, a candy you 'suck', that you can keep for all-day, so it means 'a hard candy that lasts a long time'.