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muggins    
n. 蠢人,一种牌戏

蠢人,一种牌戏

muggins
n 1: a person who lacks good judgment [synonym: {fool}, {sap},
{saphead}, {muggins}, {tomfool}]


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  • How did muggins come into use? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Muggins appears as a family name several times in eighteenth-century literary works — in particular by Tobias Smollett, John O’Keefe, Oliver Goldsmith and Charles Dibdin — often for an exciseman (a British official who collected excise duties and attempted to prevent smuggling) or some other person who is foolish or easily tricked
  • What colloquial word is used when you dont remember a word but you . . .
    I have used or heard almost all of those words used in the context of tip of the tongue name replacement The three I've not heard in that context are gubbins, which I have heard as a reference to a person, much the same as muggins: And who do you think will have to clear up this mess? Gubbins, here hickey, which I've only heard with respect to love bites, and I've not heard dojigger at all
  • Why was Spook a slur used to refer to African Americans?
    Spook was actually used by black people to refer to white people, presumably on the notion of “white” ghosts spook n [SE spook, a ghost] (US black) a white person 1939 [US] P E Miller Down Beat’s Yearbook of Swing n p : spook: a white musician 1944 [US] D Burley Orig Hbk of Harlem Jive 19: Us young homes, and lanes and hipstuds, gray and fay, and spook and spade (Green’s
  • etymology - Who was Buggins of Buggins turn? - English Language . . .
    'Buggins' turn' refers to the practice of assigning appointments to persons in rotation, rather than on merit The OED records this and gives examples of its use from 1901 As regards etymology it
  • Is nicer incorrect? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    (1) A single word (or candidate, if there is doubt about wordness) can be neither grammatically correct nor incorrect Grammar has to do with constructions, the permitted ways in which different types of words can be combined (2) For simple examples like 'nice', 'nicer', there's a very easy way to check whether the candidate is in the English lexis (an accepted word): check in a reputable
  • grammaticality - Is the phrase for free correct? - English Language . . .
    A friend claims that the phrase for free is incorrect Should we only say at no cost instead?
  • Dont take it personally vs. Dont take it personal
    As Huddleston Pullum (2002) note, there are a number of adverbs that are "identical in form with adjectives" but are "restricted to informal style" or "clearly non-standard" (p 567) One example they give is the use of real in "That's real nice of you"; in formal contexts, of course, really would be used instead, but real is quite common It seems reasonable to put the personal in "take it
  • Most vs. most of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    During most of history, humans were too busy to think about thought Why is "most of history" correct in the above sentence? I could understand the difference between "Most of the people" and "Most
  • etymology - Origin of “in your corner”? - English Language Usage . . .
    From Muggins, " X-Ray and Sugar Candy," in the [Sydney, New South Wales] Sunday Times (July 1, 1928): This story beats the band Tom Walsh, whom the present Bruce Government was elected pledged to deport, has turned from strife, and preaches "Peace! Peace! Be calm," to the industrial insurgents
  • Commitment vs. dedication - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The only way to understand the difference between synonyms such as commitment and dedication is to find the origin of the words and their current usage commit means to consign, to pledge, to engage dedicate means to set apart, to devote, to offer something in testimony of respect dedication holds more associations to honor, higher spiritual or long lasting values than commitment In that sense





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