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noun

Mug n.

A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, usually cylindrical and without a lip.

The face or mouth; as, I don't want to see your ugly mug again; often used contemptuously. (Slang)

verb

mug v. t. To take property from (a person) in a public place by threatening or committing violence on the person who is robbed; to rob, especially to rob by use of a weapon such as a knife or gun. Note: To rob a person or a business indoors is not usually referred to as to mug, but to stick up or hold up.

Synonyms: rob, stick up

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Etymology of 'Mug'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mug" Quotes from Famous Books

... we excluded James, we legitimized Monmouth; we armed the loyal citizens and took away the arms of all others. We appointed even days of humiliation and thanksgiving; and we grew more enthusiastic and reckless with every mug. The lean man confided to me with infinite pride, that he had been one of the cardinals in the procession to Temple Bar; and I grasped his hand in tearful congratulation. We were near weeping with loyalty at the end, not to Charles but to Monmouth. The only man who preserved his self-control ...

— Oddsfish! • Robert Hugh Benson

... is very tidy. A newspaper newly fallen to the rug before the fire and another—an evening one—spread flat on the table are (besides a child's mug and plate, also on the table) the only things not stowed in their prescribed places. It is evening—the light beyond the little square window being the gray dimness of a long Northern twilight which slowly ...

— The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays • Various

... Carl's hold on himself. With his arm drawn back, his fist aimed at the point of the mob-leader's jaw, he snarled: "You can't make me fly. You stick that ugly mug of yours any farther in and I'll bust it. I'll fly when the wind ...

— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

... me until I was satisfied. I had nothing more to eat until the next day at eleven o'clock, when the Abbess again brought me some bread and gruel, and a cup of strong tea. She requested me to drink the tea as quick as possible, and then she concealed the mug ...

— Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal • Sarah J Richardson

... always ready to please her little baby girl in any way she can. She has just got a nice picture-book, and is going to show baby the pictures. Baby is so eager to see them that she has thrown aside her little mug, and trumpet, and woolly lamb, in order to look at them. How pleased she will be for mama to take her on her knee, and explain ...

— Child-Land - Picture-Pages for the Little Ones • Oscar Pletsch

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