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A scratch, a target, a name, a fool — one syllable doing way too much.
means A visible sign or impression on a surface; a target or goal; a sign of quality or identity; a grade or score; or, in slang, the intended victim of a con or swindle.
from From Old English 'mearc,' meaning a boundary, sign, or limit — a cousin of Old Norse 'mǫrk' and German 'Mark' (border region, hence place-names like Denmark, 'the march of the Danes'). The root sense is a line drawn to divide or designate, which fans out naturally into scratches, targets, and signs. The con-artist 'mark' is a later slang twist: the chosen victim, figuratively the spot you aim your scheme at.
- easy mark
- Con artists' slang for a chosen victim
- high water
- Marks on walls record floods centuries later
- book ends
- Gospel of Mark is the shortest and oldest
- German money
- The Deutsche Mark anchored Europe for decades
- on your mark
- Sprinters crouch on it before chaos erupts
mark wahlberg — actor and producer, born 1971, starred in the departed and transformers
mark zuckerberg — facebook founder, born 1984, net worth $180 billion
mark cuban — billionaire investor and dallas mavericks owner, shark tank host