muggins

== English == === Etymology === Origin unknown. Sense 'fool' originally British slang of 1770s, probably an extension of earlier mug (“fool”). Game senses perhaps from surname Muggins. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʌ.ɡɪnz/ Rhymes: -ʌɡɪnz === Noun === muggins (countable and uncountable, plural mugginses) (chiefly UK) A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself). (cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly. (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. (uncountable) A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards. ==== Derived terms ==== cotton-headed ninny-muggins ==== Related terms ==== mugginsed ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Buggins's turn cutthroat cutthroat cribbage === References === https://web.archive.org/web/20150118161116/http://www.cribbage.org/rules/rule1.asp http://www.pagat.com/adders/crib6.html#scoring%20during%20the%20play “muggins”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.