all-day sucker

Hours-long candy sphere

An all-day sucker is a large lollipop designed to last a long time, typically a flat disk of hard candy on a stick.

The name suggests it will keep a child occupied for hours, though this is an exaggeration.

She bought the kids all-day suckers at the county fair.

The term occasionally appears in figurative use to describe something that provides prolonged enjoyment or distraction.

candy

lollipop

Confection on a stick

wrapper · swirl · flavored · fruit-flavored · cherry · grape · strawberry · butterscotch · jawbreaker · dum-dum

long-lasting

prolonged

Made to last longer

lingering · time-consuming · persistent · savoring · pacing · marathon · patient

sweet

sugary

Containing much sweetener

sugar-coated · glucose · cavity · toothache · sticky · cloying

Categories
Opposites
duration of consumption

all-day suckerquick bite

Hasty small meal

Pop Rocks · cotton candy · breath mint · sugar cube · Fun Dip

size/portion

all-day suckerDum Dum

Branded spherical lollipop

sample size · petit four · morsel · nibble

candy form/consumption style

all-day suckerchewing gum

Flavored substance for mastication

taffy · gummy bear · chocolate bar · candy bar · candy corn

Family

sucker, suck, sucked, sucking, sucks, days

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G