muggins
/ˈmʌɡɪnz
/noun (plural same or mugginses) British informal
A foolish and gullible person (often used humorously to refer to oneself): muggins has volunteered to do the catering...
- The muggins here was driving so had to settle for a diet Coke.
- On Tuesday it was pouring with rain and muggins here goes and stands too close to a HUGE puddle of water just as a bus came zipping past.
- My e-mail domain expired on Saturday and muggins here hadn't renewed it… doh!
Origin
Mid 19th century: perhaps a use of the surname Muggins, with allusion to mug1.
Rhymes
- do someone good
- do someone in
- do someone no favours
- do someone (or oneself) a mischief
- do someone out of
- do someone over
- do someone proud
- do someone's head in
- do someone/thing a power of good
- do someone/thing down
- do someone/thing justice
- do someone to death
- do someone up
- do someone wrong
- do something for one's country (or England etc.)
- do something in
- do something (or nothing) for
- do something out
- do something over
- do something to death
- do something until (or till) one is blue in the face
- do something up
- Dos Passos, John
- doss
- dossal