"muggins's Fork," some stockman said he heard it called a month ago.
“Ditto,” said muggins, nodding his head and buttoning his jacket.
Larry,” said muggins, “I think we have got into the doldrums.
The consequences were severe on some of the men, particularly on muggins.
But Mr. muggins was obstinate, and would not listen to reason.
That stuff Mrs. muggins sent us was all right, but there wasnt enough of it.
By the way, I wonder if we hadnt ought to have left some money for Mr. muggins?
When muggins keeps his "willa;" and when a beggar gets on horseback.
Buck, he explained to me, was a good horse, and so was muggins.
Buck and muggins were patterns of discretion through the rest of the mountains.
"fool, simpleton," 1855, apparently from the surname, perhaps influenced by slang mug "dupe, fool" (1859; see mug (n.2)).