muggins
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muggins
- /ˈmʌ.ɡɪnz/
Rhymes with -ʌɡɪnz
Where it comes from
Origin unknown. Sense 'fool' originally British slang of 1770s, probably an extension of earlier mug (“fool”). Game senses perhaps from surname Muggins.
noun mugginses
- A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself). I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.
- The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
- A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
- A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
