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Meanings of mug in English

Portuguese
face
Catalan
semblant
Spanish
rostro
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The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

      face
      Portuguese
      trouxa
      Catalan
      tanoca
      Spanish
      primo

      A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.

          trouxa
          Spanish
          taza

          The quantity that can be held in a mug.

                taza
                Usage of mug in English
                1
                Timing the stock market is mug's game, as Maurice Pratt might say.
                The Irish Times
                2
                A few minutes later Patricia handed me a mug of hot chocolate.
                Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
                3
                The city police are putting their own list of mug shots together.
                Mine
                4
                I stared into my mug, rethinking my decision to delay going home.
                Bones to Ashes
                5
                Yet she remains bitter about the public posting of her mug shot.
                Reuters
                6
                Trying to guess who won a presidential debate is a mug's game.
                BBC
                7
                I accepted the mug and just stared at him for a moment.
                Dead beat
                8
                It was a mug shot, taken years before the horror in Montreal.
                Bones Never Lie
                9
                I set my mug down hard enough to rattle the small table.
                Latte trouble
                10
                Clear lets Dombkowski tab through every mug shot, every alias, every scar.
                Wired
                11
                I use a mug most of the time, she answered his grin.
                Deadly little secrets
                12
                He drew out the cider-mug from the ashes and they drank together.
                The Woodlanders
                13
                Vincent filled the little tin mug, and handed it to the officer.
                With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War
                14
                Except maybe for talkin' about Harold Cross. He set his mug down.
                The Fireman
                15
                Tickets: All tickets include a branded beer mug with a festival brochure.
                The South African
                16
                I looked down at my coffee mug; steam was rising from it.
                Red Planet Blues
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