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mug-up slang (chiefly Canadian and Naut.).|ˈmʌgʌp, mʌgˈʌp|
[f. mug v.7]
A snack, a meal, or a drink.
1933E. Merrick True North 233 Back at the tent we had a mugup, lashed up and said good-bye to the Indians. 1941Beaver Mar. 12 Where the traveller stops long enough to have a ‘mug-up’, each dog is given about a pound of frozen fish. 1950R. Moore Candlemas Bay 143 They'd warm up the fishhouse and have a mug-up, before Jeb went to work on his traps for the rest of the daylight. 1961J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story xxv. 225 The Eskimos too would be entertained, but because of their numbers they would have a picnic ‘mug-up’ on deck. 1963J. T. Rowland North to Adventure ix. 123 We had a mug⁓up of hot coffee and turned in. 1970R. Price Howling Arctic iv. 45 Occasionally they stopped for mug-up. |