muggins

ˈmʌɡɪnz

Definition

Definition of muggins - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

behavior

Rare

fool or person lacking good judgment

Rare

He felt like a muggins for forgetting the keys.

dupe

gull

simpleton

self-reference

Rare

ironic way to refer to oneself

Rare

Well, muggins here forgot the tickets again.

myself

yours truly

tile game

Rare

game played with dominoes

Rare

They gathered to play a round of muggins after dinner.

dominoes

game

games

TECH.

act of stealing points in cribbage

TECH.

He called muggins and took the points.

pilfer

snatch

steal

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and muggins here forgot

intj.

expresses self-deprecating acknowledgment of one's mistake

I was supposed to bring the tickets, and muggins here forgot.

muggins here

person speaking who ends up doing something unwanted

Muggins here had to clean up after everyone else.

Origin of muggins

English, mug (fool) + -ins (diminutive suffix)

Examples of muggins in a sentence

She realized she was the muggins in the group.
Muggins here volunteered for extra work again.
Guess who, muggins, left the keys at home?
Every Friday night, they enjoyed a game of muggins.
He taught his grandchildren how to play muggins.
She scored a muggins and won the game.

Muggins was declared, changing the score dramatically.

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French:nigaud, bibi, ...
German:Trottel, Dummerchen, ...
Italian:sciocco, tontolone, ...
Spanish:tonto, menda, ...
Portuguese:pateta, parvo, ...
Chinese:傻瓜, 我这个傻瓜, ...
Japanese:間抜け, お人好し, ...
Arabic:أَحمَق, أَنا المِسْكِين, ...
Hebrew:שׁוֹטֶה, אִידְיוֹט, ...
Russian:дурачок, я, ...
Ukrainian:дурник, наївняк, ...
Hindi:मूर्ख, मग्गिन्स, ...
Bengali:মুগিন্স, মাগিন্স, ...
Catalan:babau, un servidor, ...
Czech:hlupák, já trouba, ...
Danish:tosse, muggins, ...
Dutch:sufferd, sukkel, ...
Greek:ανόητος, ο χαζός, ...
Hungarian:bolond, ironikus önmegnevezés, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សល្ងង់, ពាក្យសំដៅលើខ្លួនឯងបែបកំប្លែង ឬបែបចំអកខ្លួនឯង, ...
Korean:바보, 도미노 게임, ...
Persian:احمق, منِ ساده‌لوح, ...
Polish:naiwniak, muggins, ...
Portuguese (BR):bobo, o bobo, ...
Romanian:fraier, muggins, ...
Swedish:dumbom, domino, ...
Thai:คนโง่, คนซุ่มซ่าม, ...
Turkish:aptal, ben, ...
Vietnamese:kẻ ngốc, người ngốc nghếch, ...

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