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单词 mug lair
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Definition of mug lair in English:

mug lair

noun
Australian derogatory, informal

  • A person who is stupid and vulgar.

    older Australians consider him a two-bob mug lair, all bleach and trousers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's a heavily tattooed, mug-lair serial tweeter who never saw a late Saturday night he didn't like.
    • The murderer and mug lair is yet another example of gangsters revolving around Australian racing.
    • The mug-lair is the envy of every Australian male because he can behave like a hoon and get away with it.
    • Part of the problem was the group of timeservers, mercenaries and mug lairs he had collected around him.
    • Australians loved their larrikins but shook their heads sadly as mug lairs came a cropper one after the other.
    • The bodywork, in stainless steel or all-over chrome, gleams like a mug lair on payday.

Origin

1930s: from mug1 in the sense 'stupid or gullible person' + lair2.
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