muggins

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  1. A children's game of cards played by any number of persons with a full pack divided equally among the players. Each one in turn places a card face up in a pile in front of him, and if the top card of one player matches with the top card of some other player, that one of the two who first cries “Muggins!.” adds his card to the pile of the other. This continues until all the cards are placed in one pile — the player who owns this being the loser.
  2. A game of dominoes in which the players count by fives or multiples of five. Each player putting down a domino with 5 or 10 spots on it, or one with such a number of spots as, united with those on the dominoes at either or both ends of the row, make 5 or a multiple of 5, adds the number so made to his score. The player first reaching 200 if two play, or 150 if more than two, wins the game.

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  • And not only had the vet earned £40 in five minutes - that's an incredible £480 an hour - but muggins here still had to clear out the litter tray, replace it with special non-absorbent crystals, collect the pee in a tube and drop it off at the vet's.
  • As muggins and others have said, this is a completely natural process. —  thedaily.com.au: Breaking News
  • Social Network translation: When your BFF calls you a cotton headed ninny muggins on FB, resist the urge to smack back. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Plus it makes you look like a cotton headed ninny muggins. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • A-Z of Festivals, a hard back exploration of festies around the world written by muggins here and beautifully illustrated by Josie.
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