juggins

American  

[juhg-inz] / ˈdʒʌg ɪnz /

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

jugginses

1. a simpleton.

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juggins British  

/ ˈdʒʌɡɪnz /

noun

1. informal a silly person; simpleton

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Etymology

Origin of juggins

First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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

"Good old 'B. C.'! Don't be a juggins; her boy's married already."

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

Good old Tibbles," it ran; "I knew some juggins would rise, whatever I wrote.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Your juggins may 'ave 'is own whim About bicycling, boating, or wot not; I mean bein' well in the swim.

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

And Dennis yelled: "Bob, you juggins, do you want to do the lot of us in?"

From With Haig on the Somme by Webb, Archibald