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Definition of muggins noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

muggins

noun
 
/ˈmʌɡɪnz/
 
/ˈmʌɡɪnz/
[singular] (British English, informal, humorous)
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  1. used without ‘a’ or ‘the’ to refer to yourself when you feel stupid because you have let yourself be treated unfairly
    • And muggins here had to clean up all the mess.
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps a use of the surname Muggins, with allusion to mug.
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