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Examples of chump in a Sentence
the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump
Recent Examples of chump from the Web
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That might be chump change in the scheme of things, but for an alleged billionaire whose net worth is in a slump, every dollar counts.
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That's chump change when compared with Uber's whopping market valuation of $50 billion to $60 billion.
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That’s chump change in an age in which teams get almost $90 million in national TV revenue to go with the huge local deals ($120 million for the Lakers, $50 million for the Clippers.)
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Washington Nationals: +4 ►Daniel Murphy has .324/.359/.541 slash line, looks like a chump next to Harper, Zimmerman. 2.
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That was nice, but that’s chump change compared to what’s possible in these transactions.
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A $1.8 billion investment in Tesla Inc. isn’t chump change, even for one of China’s most valuable companies, Tencent Holdings.
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In the N.F.L.’s world, displays of principle and common economic sense are for chumps.
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The Dodgers and Giants, both playoff teams last season, pieced their rosters together with plenty more than chump change.
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Origin and Etymology of chump
perhaps blend of chunk and lump
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: a person who is easy to trick : a stupid or foolish person
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