| 单词 | to put the mug on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the mug on (someone) 3. The act of throttling or strangling a person. Usually in to put the mug on (someone). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > strangulation stranglec1386 strangling1398 chokingc1440 worrying1483 strangulation1542 throttling1599 wringing1843 mug1862 1862 Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court 26 Nov. 41 Roberts..said, ‘You want me for putting the mug on, do you? I will put the b—y mug on you.’ 1862 Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court 26 Nov. 41 Mug is slang used by thieves; it means garotting. 1902 H. Hapgood Autobiogr. Thief (1912) 271 I explained how I would ‘put the mug on her’ while my husky pal went through her. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 121/1 To put the mug on (a mark), to put a stranglehold on a mark who grows obstreperous after he has been fleeced. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 171 A strangle hold is applied... This hold is called..a mug on the East Coast. < as lemmas |
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