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Definition of mug lair in English: mug lairnoun Australian derogatory, informal A person who is stupid and vulgar. older Australians consider him a two-bob mug lair, all bleach and trousers Example sentencesExamples - He's a heavily tattooed, mug-lair serial tweeter who never saw a late Saturday night he didn't like.
- The murderer and mug lair is yet another example of gangsters revolving around Australian racing.
- The mug-lair is the envy of every Australian male because he can behave like a hoon and get away with it.
- Part of the problem was the group of timeservers, mercenaries and mug lairs he had collected around him.
- Australians loved their larrikins but shook their heads sadly as mug lairs came a cropper one after the other.
- The bodywork, in stainless steel or all-over chrome, gleams like a mug lair on payday.
Origin 1930s: from mug1 in the sense 'stupid or gullible person' + lair2. |