coax
/kəʊks/noun
A foolish person who is easily tricked; a dupe.
Example sentences
- “Only a coax would hand his savings to a stranger on the street.”
- “They took him for a coax and sold him a worthless map.”
This noun sense is obsolete. Today 'coax' is a verb meaning to persuade gently and patiently: you coax a cat out from under the bed.