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muggins
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun muggins has 1 sense
- muggins(n = noun.person) fool, sap, saphead, tomfool - a person who lacks good judgment; Array has particulars: ass, buffoon, clown, flibbertigibbet, foolish woman, fucker, bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany, meshuggeneh, meshuggener, morosoph, putz, wally
is a kind of simple, simpleton
CIDE DICTIONARY
muggins, n. [Etym. unknown.].
- A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A game at cards which depends upon building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
muggins, v. t.
In certain games, to score against, or take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying “muggins.” [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
muggins, n. (pl. same or mugginses)
1 colloq. a a simpleton. b a person who is easily outwitted ( often with allusion to oneself: so muggins had to pay).
2 a card-game like snap.
1 colloq. a a simpleton. b a person who is easily outwitted ( often with allusion to oneself: so muggins had to pay).
2 a card-game like snap.
Etymology
perh. the surname Muggins, with allusion to MUG(1)
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