MUGGINS


Meaning of MUGGINS in English

/mug"inz/ , n.

1. a convention in the card game of cribbage in which a player scores points overlooked by an opponent.

2. a game of dominoes, in which any player who can make the sum of two ends of the line equal five or a multiple of five adds the number so made to his or her score.

3. Brit. Slang. a fool.

[ 1850-55; prob. special use of proper name; def. 3 by assoc. with MUG ]

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