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▪ I. mugger, n.1 dial.|ˈmʌgə(r)|
Also 8 mogger.
[f. mug n.1 + -er1.]
A hawker of earthenware.
1743Heddon-on-the-Wall Par. Reg., William, son to Michell the Mogger, bp. 23 March. 1816Scott Old Mort. Introd., The ware of Cooper Climent was rejected in horror, much to the benefit of his rivals the muggers, who dealt in earthenware. 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour lix, A nimble-handed mugger or tramp might have carried off whatever he liked with impunity. 1884Manch. Exam. 1 Sept. 5/1 Alnwick is a great resort of..‘muggers’,..tramps who travel round the district to sell earthenware.
▪ II. ‖ mugger, n.2|ˈmʌgə(r)|
Also -ur, -ar.
[Hindī magar.]
The broad-nosed crocodile of India.
1844J. E. Gray Catal. Tortoises, etc. Brit. Mus. 62 The Muggar or Goa. Crocodilus palustris. 1854Hooker Himal. Jrnls. I. ii. 54 Of the short nosed, or mugger kind. 1895Cook India, Burma & Ceylon 68 Muggers or man-eating alligators.
▪ III. ˈmugger, n.3 slang.
[f. mug v.4 + -er1.]
One who ‘mugs’ or studies diligently.
1883J. Payn Canon's Ward viii, ‘A mugger’—a comprehensive term understood to include all persons with an ambition for University distinction.
▪ IV. mugger, n.4|ˈmʌgə(r)|
[f. mug v.3 + -er1.]
1. Theatr. slang. A comedian who ‘mugs’ or grimaces.
1892Nat. Observ. 27 Feb. 379/1 None had ever a more expressive viznomy than this prince of ‘muggers’.
2. One who ‘mugs’ people (see mug v.3 2); spec. one who commits robbery with violence. orig. U.S.
1865J. H. Browne Four Yrs. in Secessia xlv. 340 The Muggers, like most bullies and ruffians, manifested a fine discrimination respecting the party they attacked, selecting those they thought they could rob with little resistance and entire impunity. 1874Hotten Slang Dict. 220 Maceman, or macer, a welcher, magsman, or general swindler; a ‘street-mugger’. 1942N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 17/1 The police were..tracking down three known..muggers who..had received suspended sentences in a mugging case. 1955Sun (Baltimore) 5 Jan. 2/4 Corporal-―..of Cleveland reported to police early today that he had been attacked by two muggers while walking near the Pennsylvania Station. 1965Wodehouse Galahad at Blandings i. 11 Muggers, stick-up men and hoodlums in general he disliked. 1970Daily Mail 21 Feb. 9/5 Clarendon Road in London's Notting Hill area..is the haunt of the Muggers—men who clobber you and steal whatever you have of value. 1973Sun 18 Jan. 7 (headline) Muggers attacked detective.
▪ V. mugger, n.5|ˈmʌgə(r)|
A nail, usually of wrought iron, used for protecting the inner soles of mountaineering boots.
1941C. F. Kirkus Let's go Climbing! v. 68 For the inner part of the sole muggers, rough wrought iron hobnails, are excellent. 1954C. D. Milner Wedderburn's Alpine Climbing (ed. 2) ii. 10 The Alpine mugger is a very good nail, but the alternate freezing and thawing of the sole will soon loosen it. 1970A. Blackshaw Mountaineering (rev. ed.) iii. 99 Soft iron nails which grip as a result of the rock biting into them (muggers and clinkers).
▪ VI. mugger, n.6 and v.|ˈmʌgə(r)|
A slang euphemism for some senses of bugger n. and v. (see quots.).
1945‘N. Shute’ Most Secret vii. 150 What do you think we stopped to pick the mugger up for? 1948― No Highway ix. 229 The pilot said, ‘I don't give a mugger about that, sir. It's plain bloody nonsense.’ 1951― Round the Bend 69 ‘Well, I'm muggered,’ I said in wonder. 1954‘G. Carr’ Death under Snowdon v. 54 Privileges are for the man who works for 'em, not for the mugger who plants his bottom on 'em because his father owned land. 1962J. P. Carstairs Pardon my Gun i. 10 She's muggered off... Hopped it to Italy. |