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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Muggins" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Well, very well—then freely as I drink I spoke my thought—you take me—what I think. And, sir, said I, if I a Freeman be, It is my bounden duty to be free." "Ay, there you posed him: I respect the Chair, But man is man, although the man's a mayor; If Muggins live—no, no!—if Muggins die, He'll quit his office—neighbour, shall I try?" "I'll speak my mind, for here are none but friends: They're all contending for their private ends; No public spirit—once a vote would bring, I say a vote—was then a pretty thing; It made a man to serve his country ...

— The Borough • George Crabbe

... pleasure as it gives Angelina to learn how many towels and table-cloths go into Seraphina's wedding-outfit, so much, yea, more, swells in Cherubella's bosom at being able to present to her friend this apple from the tree of knowledge. The worthy Muggins finds no small consolation for the loss of his overcoat and umbrella from the front entry in the exhilaration he experiences while relating to each member of his ever-revolving circle of friends the details of his loss,—the suspicion, the search, ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 • Various

Words linked to "Muggins" : saphead, wally, goofball, simple, tomfool, meshuggeneh, zany, clown, meshuggener, fool, flibbertigibbet, fathead, foolish woman, fucker, ass, jackass, goof, morosoph, goose, simpleton, cuckoo, sap, twat, buffoon, putz