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
- : 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.
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