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muggins

/muhg-inz/US // ˈmʌg ɪnz //UK // (ˈmʌɡɪnz) //

马格斯,马金斯,马金,马金森

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a convention in the card game of cribbage in which a player scores points overlooked by an opponent.
    • : a game of dominoes, in which any player who can make the sum of two ends of the line equal five or a multiple of five adds the number so made to his or her score.
    • : British Slang. a fool.

Examples

  • "We'll march home Siamese fashion or my name is Muggins," said the inspector, between his teeth.

  • How well it reads, that 'Private Muggins received a shot in the neck and died without a groan.'

  • Serious Muggins had come out with Silver-headed Jack, and had got the title because he never smiled.

  • Serious Muggins actually seemed pleased that we were not successful.

  • I was working at the windlass, and Serious Muggins was chopping down a tree, a little distance off, for firewood.