mugginsn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɡɪnz/, U.S.

/ˈməɡᵻnz/

Forms: 1700s– muggins, 1800s muggings (irregular). Plural 1700s– muggins, 1800s mugginse's (irregular). Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Muggins.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < the surname Muggins (see below). Compare later mug n.⁶ Compare also juggins n.With sense 1b compare earlier muggill n. and perhaps also earlier muglard n. The surname Muggins is well attested in the names of various characters presented as foolish or easily tricked in 18th- and 19th-cent. popular and comic writing, especially as the name of an exciseman. Compare e.g.:1761 T. Smollett Sir Launcelot Greaves xvii, in Brit. Mag. Apr. 189/1 The depositions of farmer Bumpkin and Muggins..were taken much to the same purpose.1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 5 There's Dick Muggins the exciseman.1774 C. Dibdin Cobler i. 74 Are Master Muggins, Joey Jenkins, and Gaffer Grumble, raggamuffins? Is the pimple-nos'd Exciseman a raggamuffin?1780 J. O'Keeffe Tony Lumpkin in Town ii. 26 He's mighty like Matt Muggins the exciseman.

1. slang.

a. A fool, a simpleton. Now usually: spec. (frequently used to refer to oneself) (a name applied to) a person who is duped, outwitted, or taken advantage of, or who has acted foolishly on some occasion. to talk muggins (now rare): to talk foolishly, to talk nonsense.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe

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Simple Simon?1673

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John1908

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Gretchen1913

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dill1941

Joe Soap1943

possum1945

Moreton Bay1953

easy touch1959

1705 P. A. Motteux Amorous Miser ii. i. 19 They are a couple of close-fisted old Muggins.

1855 Golden Era 28 Jan. 2/1 You are a veritable ‘Muggins’ in [choosing] cigars.

1859 C. E. De Long in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1931) 10 167 Spent the evening until late with Jim in having one of our regular old fashioned long talks about women love &c. and both arrived at the conclusion that we were mugginse's.

1881 Punch 10 Sept. 110/2 Well them as talks Muggins like that to our gurls must be milks.

1884 Punch 11 Oct. 180/1 Must ha' thought me a muggins, old man, To ask sech a question of 'Arry.

1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap xviii. 320 Must pay my respects to the dowager what, what! Jolly old muggins, yes!

1973 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 1/3 The letter bomb was not meant for me personally. I was just the muggins who opened it.

1990 S. Daniels Beside Herself 3 I've not had time to go to any meetings. Muggins here has had to prepare lunch.

†b. humorous. A local leader. Obsolete. rare.

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a1832 G. Crabbe Poet. Wks. (1834) III. 180 If Muggins live—no, no!—if Muggins die, He'll quit his office.]

1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 382/1 Muggins,..a borough-magnate; a local leader.

2. Games (chiefly U.S.).

a. Cards. Any of various card games: spec. (a) a children's round game; (b) a form of patience. Now historical.In the children's game, players attempt to dispose of their cards by placing them on the table in a particular order. The last player left holding a card or cards, or one who puts a card down in the wrong order, is called ‘Muggins’.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > children's or simple games > [noun]

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grab1900

donkey1920

1855 Pioneer (San Francisco) Nov. 358 We returned to the hotel, to engage in the intellectual game of Muggins. Ladies and gentlemen were all decided to be Muggins ere the game had closed.

1864 W. B. Cheadle Jrnl. 295 Played Old Maid & ‘Muggins’, a kind of complicated Patience.

1865 S. Jex-Blake Let. 18 Aug. in M. Todd Life S. Jex-Blake (1918) xiii. 165 After the ices we went back to the Hospital, and played a most ridiculous game of cards called ‘Muggins’, keeping us in roars of laughter half the time.

1892 G. Grossmith & W. Grossmith Diary Nobody vii. 102 Mrs. James made us play rather a good game with cards, called ‘Muggings’.

1920 M. W. Jones Games Patience (ed. 2) 2nd Ser. xx. 49 This Patience is so called because it is akin to the round game of Joe Muggins.

1994 B. Bryson Made in Amer. (1998) xvi. 320 Among the favourite card games until about the time of the American Revolution were whist..and muggins.

b. Dominoes. A game in which points are scored only when the sum of the spots at the two ends is five or a multiple thereof; = all fives n. 3.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > dominoes > [noun] > forms of game

rounce1845

tiddlywink1857

matador1865

all fives1868

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Malakoff1870

all fours1872

sniff1917

1868 F. B. Zincke Last Winter in U.S. 268 Consoling herself with a kind of dominoes she called ‘muggins’.

1881 Cassell's Bk. Sports 390 [article Dominoes] The game of All Fives, or Muggins, is very popular in some circles.

1891 ‘Professor Hoffman’ Cycl. Card & Table Games ii. 513 In All Fives, vulgarly known as ‘Muggins,’ five instead of seven ‘cards’ are used.

1974 F. Berndt Domino Bk. 33 Sniff is yet another variation of Muggins.

1992 A. R. Taylor Guinness Bk. Trad. Pub Games 38/1 One of the earliest point games known to Europe was called All Fives (or, mysteriously, Muggins).

2005 S. Spadaccini Big Bk. Rules 29 Muggins games can be played to 100 points—or 31, 61, 121 points using a cribbage board to score.

c. Cribbage. A declaration (taking the form ‘muggins’) made by a player when an opponent neglects to peg the full value of his or her cards, allowing the declarer to collect the overlooked points; the optional rule allowing such a declaration. Also as int.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > actions or tactics

bilk1791

go1794

Tom Bray's bilk1819

muggins1948

1948 S. S. Lenz Cribbage 54 Muggins is a term used to call attention to the opponent's insufficient count. After the score is pegged, the surplus is taken by the mugger.

1963 G. F. Hervey Handbk. Card Games 53 If a player fails to peg the full value of his cards, either in play or otherwise, his opponent may declare ‘Muggins’, point out the omission, and peg the neglected points himself.

2001 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 5 May h2 If we missed a point or two in a complex hand, she crowed ‘Muggins!’ to claim the points, jabbing her pegs forward as if skewering small vermin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	muggins
释义	mugginsn. Brit. /ˈmʌɡɪnz/, U.S. /ˈməɡᵻnz/ Forms: 1700s– muggins, 1800s muggings (irregular). Plural 1700s– muggins, 1800s mugginse's (irregular). Also with capital initial. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Muggins. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < the surname Muggins (see below). Compare later mug n.⁶ Compare also juggins n.With sense 1b compare earlier muggill n. and perhaps also earlier muglard n. The surname Muggins is well attested in the names of various characters presented as foolish or easily tricked in 18th- and 19th-cent. popular and comic writing, especially as the name of an exciseman. Compare e.g.:1761 T. Smollett Sir Launcelot Greaves xvii, in Brit. Mag. Apr. 189/1 The depositions of farmer Bumpkin and Muggins..were taken much to the same purpose.1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 5 There's Dick Muggins the exciseman.1774 C. Dibdin Cobler i. 74 Are Master Muggins, Joey Jenkins, and Gaffer Grumble, raggamuffins? Is the pimple-nos'd Exciseman a raggamuffin?1780 J. O'Keeffe Tony Lumpkin in Town ii. 26 He's mighty like Matt Muggins the exciseman. 1. slang. a. A fool, a simpleton. Now usually: spec. (frequently used to refer to oneself) (a name applied to) a person who is duped, outwitted, or taken advantage of, or who has acted foolishly on some occasion. to talk muggins (now rare): to talk foolishly, to talk nonsense. 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Motteux Amorous Miser ii. i. 19 They are a couple of close-fisted old Muggins. 1855 Golden Era 28 Jan. 2/1 You are a veritable ‘Muggins’ in [choosing] cigars. 1859 C. E. De Long in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1931) 10 167 Spent the evening until late with Jim in having one of our regular old fashioned long talks about women love &c. and both arrived at the conclusion that we were mugginse's. 1881 Punch 10 Sept. 110/2 Well them as talks Muggins like that to our gurls must be milks. 1884 Punch 11 Oct. 180/1 Must ha' thought me a muggins, old man, To ask sech a question of 'Arry. 1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap xviii. 320 Must pay my respects to the dowager what, what! Jolly old muggins, yes! 1973 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 1/3 The letter bomb was not meant for me personally. I was just the muggins who opened it. 1990 S. Daniels Beside Herself 3 I've not had time to go to any meetings. Muggins here has had to prepare lunch. †b. humorous. A local leader. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1832 G. Crabbe Poet. Wks. (1834) III. 180 If Muggins live—no, no!—if Muggins die, He'll quit his office.] 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 382/1 Muggins,..a borough-magnate; a local leader. 2. Games (chiefly U.S.). a. Cards. Any of various card games: spec. (a) a children's round game; (b) a form of patience. Now historical.In the children's game, players attempt to dispose of their cards by placing them on the table in a particular order. The last player left holding a card or cards, or one who puts a card down in the wrong order, is called ‘Muggins’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > children's or simple games > [noun] snap snorum1622 beggar-my-neighbour1734 snip-snap-snorum1755 old maid1831 pounce commerce1847 muggins1855 happy families1861 author1863 snap1881 strip-jack-naked1881 spoof1884 animal grab1894 grab1900 donkey1920 1855 Pioneer (San Francisco) Nov. 358 We returned to the hotel, to engage in the intellectual game of Muggins. Ladies and gentlemen were all decided to be Muggins ere the game had closed. 1864 W. B. Cheadle Jrnl. 295 Played Old Maid & ‘Muggins’, a kind of complicated Patience. 1865 S. Jex-Blake Let. 18 Aug. in M. Todd Life S. Jex-Blake (1918) xiii. 165 After the ices we went back to the Hospital, and played a most ridiculous game of cards called ‘Muggins’, keeping us in roars of laughter half the time. 1892 G. Grossmith & W. Grossmith Diary Nobody vii. 102 Mrs. James made us play rather a good game with cards, called ‘Muggings’. 1920 M. W. Jones Games Patience (ed. 2) 2nd Ser. xx. 49 This Patience is so called because it is akin to the round game of Joe Muggins. 1994 B. Bryson Made in Amer. (1998) xvi. 320 Among the favourite card games until about the time of the American Revolution were whist..and muggins. b. Dominoes. A game in which points are scored only when the sum of the spots at the two ends is five or a multiple thereof; = all fives n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > dominoes > [noun] > forms of game rounce1845 tiddlywink1857 matador1865 all fives1868 muggins1868 Malakoff1870 all fours1872 sniff1917 1868 F. B. Zincke Last Winter in U.S. 268 Consoling herself with a kind of dominoes she called ‘muggins’. 1881 Cassell's Bk. Sports 390 [article Dominoes] The game of All Fives, or Muggins, is very popular in some circles. 1891 ‘Professor Hoffman’ Cycl. Card & Table Games ii. 513 In All Fives, vulgarly known as ‘Muggins,’ five instead of seven ‘cards’ are used. 1974 F. Berndt Domino Bk. 33 Sniff is yet another variation of Muggins. 1992 A. R. Taylor Guinness Bk. Trad. Pub Games 38/1 One of the earliest point games known to Europe was called All Fives (or, mysteriously, Muggins). 2005 S. Spadaccini Big Bk. Rules 29 Muggins games can be played to 100 points—or 31, 61, 121 points using a cribbage board to score. c. Cribbage. A declaration (taking the form ‘muggins’) made by a player when an opponent neglects to peg the full value of his or her cards, allowing the declarer to collect the overlooked points; the optional rule allowing such a declaration. Also as int. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > actions or tactics bilk1791 go1794 Tom Bray's bilk1819 muggins1948 1948 S. S. Lenz Cribbage 54 Muggins is a term used to call attention to the opponent's insufficient count. After the score is pegged, the surplus is taken by the mugger. 1963 G. F. Hervey Handbk. Card Games 53 If a player fails to peg the full value of his cards, either in play or otherwise, his opponent may declare ‘Muggins’, point out the omission, and peg the neglected points himself. 2001 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 5 May h2 If we missed a point or two in a complex hand, she crowed ‘Muggins!’ to claim the points, jabbing her pegs forward as if skewering small vermin. 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