muggins

English

Noun

muggins (plural mugginses)

1. A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).

   I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual.

2. (cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mis-pegged or counted up incorrectly. House rules specify whether the mugginser gets the mugginsee's points or whether those points are simply lost.

Synonyms

• cutthroat
• cutthroat cribbage

References

• http://www.cribbage.org/rules/rule1.asp
• http://www.pagat.com/adders/crib6.html#scoring%20during%20the%20play