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noun

Muggins n.

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 game at cards which depends upon building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.

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Etymology of 'Muggins'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Muggins" Quotes from Famous Books

... all," returned Little, unrebuked. "Think I'm an easy mark, hey? Muggins from Muggsville? Come again, Barry. Beg pardon, Cap'n Barry, I should say. Haul th' bowline! Jack up th' fo'c'sle yard! See, I'm also a tarry ...

— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle

... well illustrated by the remarks of Muggins. Muggins on his return from the pub one Saturday ...

— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... place. His attentions to Miss Flack at a race ball were such that her father said De Mogyns must either die on the field of honour, or become his son-in-law. He preferred marriage. His name was Muggins then, and his father—a flourishing banker, army-contractor, smuggler, and general jobber—almost disinherited him on account of ...

— The Book of Snobs • William Makepeace Thackeray

... called, from the large share he possessed of the family good looks. The lad was one of those people who seem born to be favorites. He was handsome and merry and intelligent; and being well brought up, was well-conducted and amiable—the pride and pet of the village. Why did Mother Muggins of the shop let the goody side of her scales of justice drop the lower by one lollipop for Bill than for any other lad, and exempt him by unwonted smiles from her general anathema on the urchin race? There were other honest boys in the ...

— Frances Kane's Fortune • L. T. Meade

Words linked to "Muggins" : fool, morosoph, simpleton, putz, simple, cuckoo, wally, sap, bozo, tomfool, ass, buffoon, flibbertigibbet, saphead, goofball, fucker, goof, meshuggeneh, meshuggener