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muggins

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Definition:
1. A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
2.(cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mis-pegged or counted up incorrectly.
3. (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.
4. (uncountable) A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.

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"Shucks, and stay fooling around here when we could all be having good times in England whilst we was waiting to find out whether Mary Jane's got it or not? Why, you talk like a muggins."

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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