Muggins

Quick meaning: Muggins is a noun meaning (cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.

Meaning

(cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
2. (uncountable) A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
3. (chiefly British) A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).

Example Sentences

I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.

"And I thought: if muggins here, a 37-year-old government minister who can look after myself, feels that way, then we need to really think about how we're putting in place a level of protection for women.

Word Forms

• mugginses

Synonyms for muggins

Depending on context, synonyms include sap, fool, saphead, tomfool.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fool, saphead, tomfool, sap, muff, mugwump.

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