“‘Goblet and mug.’—Topers should bear in mind that what they quaff from the goblet afterwards appears in the MUG.”
Mug, to strike in the face, or fight. Also, to rob or swindle. Gaelic, MUIG, to suffocate, oppress; Irish, MUGAIM, to kill, destroy.
Mug, “to MUG oneself,” to get tipsy.
Mugging, a thrashing,—synonymous with “slogging,” both terms of the “ring,” and frequently used by fighting men.
Muggy, drunk. Also, as applied to weather, stifling, oppressive.
Mug-up, to paint one’s face, or dress specially with a view to impersonation.—Theatrical. To “cram” for an examination.—Army.
Mull, “to make a MULL of it,” to spoil anything, or make a fool of oneself.
Mulligrubs. Vide [MOLLYGRUBS].
Mullingar heifer, a girl with thick ankles.—Irish. The story goes that a traveller, passing through Mullingar, was so struck with this local peculiarity in the women, that he determined to accost the next one he met. “May I ask,” said he, “if you wear hay in your shoes?” “Faith an’ I do,” said the girl; “and what then?” “Because,” says the traveller, “that accounts for the calves of your legs coming down to feed on it.”
Multee kertever, very bad. Italian, MOLTO CATTIVO. Generally used with the affix of bloke when referring to a man. Phrase much used by circus riders.