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mug·gins (mug′inz)

noun

Brit., Slang a dupe; fool

Etymology: after pers. name Muggins, assoc. with slang mug, cardsharp's dupe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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