The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
(noun) a person who lacks good judgment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
muggins (countable and uncountable, plural mugginses)
A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
(cribbage) The act of stealing another player's points because they either mis-pegged or counted up incorrectly.
(uncountable) A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
(uncountable) A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
Source: Wiktionary
Mug"gins, n. [Etym. unknown.]
1. A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
2. A game at cards which depends upon building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
Mug"gins, v. t.
Definition: In certain games, to score against, or take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying "muggins."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.