mug-up

There sits the ol 'man, smoothin' his big red beard, singin ',' I'm Fishin 'for the Maid I Loves,' while he looks at the poor cook, which was washin 'up the dishes, for we was through with the mug-up.

Quaint Courtships William Dean Howells 1878

You'd go in for a pastry and a "mug-up" laced with cream and sugar and served with a smile.

unknown title 2009

You'd go in for a pastry and a "mug-up" laced with cream and sugar and served with a smile.

unknown title 2009

There was one general exception to this assignment of cooking duties to women: when men were out fishing, they cooked a meal of stewed fish and potatoes for themselves in sawed-off puncheon tubs insulated with clay and rocks; but it was common for women to prepare the men's grub boxes, which contained all the items, other than fish, that the men would require for their mug-up on the boat, such as tea, molasses, bread, and perhaps a piece of gingerbread.

Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

"Now, son," says the skipper, "they're havin 'a wonderful mug-up in the forecastle.

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893