juggins
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain; perhaps an extended use of Juggins, originally a plebian surname.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
juggins (plural jugginses)
- A fool; someone very credulous or easily fooled.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 788:
- […] this boy, though at present a juggins, had the makings of a superb creature.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:dupe