"There's a sucker born every minute" (1883)

[Wilson Gray]

This may be of no interest or use, but WTH? CH. MH. The first time
that I ran across this saying, it was in the form, "There's one born
every minute." It was embedded in a context which made it clear that
"one" referred to "a sucker."

-Wilson Gray

On 5/29/05, bapopik at aol.com <bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> Anyone have anything? I now have THREE 1883 "sucker" cites. Also, try "fool" and "second" and "minute" and "day."
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> The Cardiff Giant "Hannum" reputed origin doesn't check out with a single citation.
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> Also, Chicago's Michael Cassius McDonald doesn't seem to check out iwth a single citation, either.
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-Wilson Gray