mug lair
noun Australian informal, derogatory
A person who is stupid and vulgar: older Australians consider him a two-bob mug lair, all bleach and trousers...
- The bodywork, in stainless steel or all-over chrome, gleams like a mug lair on payday.
- The mug-lair is the envy of every Australian male because he can behave like a hoon and get away with it.
- He's a heavily tattooed, mug-lair serial tweeter who never saw a late Saturday night he didn't like.
Origin
1930s: from mug1 in the sense 'stupid or gullible person' + lair2.
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