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Mug   /məg/   Listen
Mug

noun
1.
The quantity that can be held in a mug.  Synonym: mugful.
2.
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.  Synonyms: chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, patsy, soft touch, sucker.
3.
The human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British).  Synonyms: countenance, kisser, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage.
4.
With handle and usually cylindrical.
verb
1.
Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.



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"Mug" Quotes from Famous Books



... He had sustained a slight head wound, and I am certain he was not normal, but was suffering from shell-shock. Dark-eyed, swarthy, he was lying on a stretcher and wearing a white bandage. I offered him tea, but he would not take it; pushing aside the mug and ...
— Tales of the Wilderness • Boris Pilniak
... my guns, eh?" he said. "Reach out an' grab them. But say your prayers before you do—you an' that sufferin' monolith with the underbrush scattered all over his mug. Come an' take them!" He jeered as he saw Neal Taggart's face whiten. "Hell!" he added as he saw the elder Taggart make a negative motion toward his son, "you ain't got no clear thoughts just ...
— The Boss of the Lazy Y • Charles Alden Seltzer
... mug of beer before me, and a pipe in my mouth, I could sit for hours contentedly, and watch the life that ebbs and flows into and ...
— Diary of a Pilgrimage • Jerome K. Jerome
... many men in the course of the day; again and again had he told the story of Herr Arne's death. He had been well entertained too at the assize and had been made to empty many a mug of ale ...
— The Treasure • Selma Lagerlof
... not been journeying together, but were just met, and possibly by prearrangement, it would be well he thought to keep them under a temporary surveillance. Over near the window in the rear of the room were two lusty-looking men-at-arms, each with a big mug of ale at his elbow; and as they wore no badge of service, they also would bear watching. The eighth and last was of De Lacy's own rank, but older by at least ten years; and he stared across with such persistence that Aymer grew annoyed and drew ...
— Beatrix of Clare • John Reed Scott


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