juggins
Americannoun
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jugginses
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of juggins
First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain
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Lord love you, he can do seventeen inside the hour, and he left that juggins as if he was standing still.
From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by James Runciman
I don't care a toss; Your angler is always a juggins, so he's no pertikler big loss.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by
Oh, it ain't every juggins, I tell yer, who's built for the bullion, dear boy!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 by Various
"Your own, if you had one, you silly juggins!"
From Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson
Why, you juggins," cried the senior man, "there never was an operation at all.
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by A. Conan Doyle
Yet some jugginses kick at my lingo as vulgar!
From Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 by Various
It is one, however, that now, as of yore, swell backers, self-conceited amateurs, and other pugilistic jugginses ore apt to ignore or forget.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891 by Various
Some jugginses talk about "Thrift," Penny Savings' Bank bosh, and that stuff.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 by Various
Then he can plunge, and hedge, and jockey the jugginses as much as he's a mind to.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 14, 1891 by Various
There wos patriots playing the clown, there was magistrates playing the fool; There wos jugginses teaching the trombone to kids at a bloomin' Board School.
From Punch Among the Planets by Various
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