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muggins

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈmʌ.ɡɪnz/

Definition of muggins

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (British, countable, uncountable)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.”
    “"And I thought: if muggins here, a 37-year-old government minister who can look after myself, feels that way, then we need to really think about how we're putting in place a level of protection for women.”
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noun

  1. (British, countable, uncountable)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.”
    “"And I thought: if muggins here, a 37-year-old government minister who can look after myself, feels that way, then we need to really think about how we're putting in place a level of protection for women.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
  3. (uncountable)A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
  4. (uncountable)A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.

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Etymology

Origin unknown. Sense 'fool' originally British slang of 1770s, probably an extension of earlier mug (“fool”). Game senses perhaps from surname Muggins.

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