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Definition of All-day sucker
1. Noun. Hard candy on a stick.
Definition of All-day sucker
1. Noun. An extra-large lollipop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of All-day Sucker
Literary usage of All-day sucker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1922)
""But I'd give two lolly-pops and an all- day sucker if I could sleuth out. . .
. Say! wouldn't it make a crackin' good story? 'The Marvelous Mystery of the ..."
2. The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls by George Jean Nathan (1921)
"... his beaming visage, now that his opportunity was to be magnanimously vouchsafed
him, was akin to that of a small boy licking a raspberry all-day sucker. ..."
3. "Winks": A Book of Recitations for Boys by Alice Lewis Richards (1900)
"Bill said: "It's slick, This all-day sucker on a stick." A bee flew by an' smelt
the sweet, An' looked as if he'd like a treat. Then down he came so swift ..."
4. The Review of Education (1902)
"To prevent misapprehension we would say that the name of the journal from which
we have quoted is not The All-Day Sucker. Judicious praise is always welcome ..."
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