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A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address

Juggins, you

‘You juggins’ is used by a schoolmaster to a boy in The Sandcastle, by Iris Murdoch. The word has been in use in Britain since the end of the nineteenth century and means a fool. Eric Partridge thinks that it is a variant of ‘muggins’, according to his entry in A Dictionary of Historical Slang.

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Juggins, You from A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address. ISBN: 0-203-19195-1. Published: 22-Jan-2008. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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