Talk:mug

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Is the "fool" definition specific to UK? I've never heard it used that way in the US. Ortonmc 17:37, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It's defnitely used in Australia to: "it's a mug's game" Hippietrail 03:33, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Etymologically, this (at least in the sense of a container holding liquid) comes from Old Norse, probably through the medium of Norman. 128.187.0.178 07:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Verb, sense 3 -- Supposedly Singaporese for mug up. -- WikiPedant 03:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted. Equinox 23:00, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]


misinsens[edit]

criminal[1]81.11.206.17 08:39, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

etymology[edit]

https://wordsmith.org/words/mugs_game.html

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+mug%27s+game

--Espoo (talk) 22:43, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]