juggins

American  

[juhg-inz] / ˈdʒʌg ɪnz /

noun

Chiefly British.

jugginses plural

1. a simpleton.

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juggins British  

/ ˈdʒʌɡɪnz /

noun

1. informal a silly person; simpleton

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• jugginses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of juggins

First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

juggins jugginses

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

I've no use for a nose like that, nor for the dial of that old juggins in the Dutch oven—what's his name?

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William

Only a juggins or a horse ever works, and I don't intend to do any.

From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by Runciman, James

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 Runciman, James

I do hate to have a juggins about the place.

From At Love's Cost by Garvice, Charles

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

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

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

Yet some jugginses kick at my lingo as vulgar!

From Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 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