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Muggins

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A small borough magnate, a village leader. To mug is to drink, and Mr. Muggins is Mr. Drinker.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mucklewrath
Mud-honey
Mudarra
Muff (A)
Muffins and Crumpets
Muffled Cats catch no Mice
Mufti
Mug-house
Mugello
Muggins
Muggletonian
Mugwump (A)
Mugwump Press (The)
Mulatto (Spanish)
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Mulciber—i.e
Mule
Mull
Mulla
Mulmutine Laws