juggins

American  

[juhg-inz] / ˈdʒʌg ɪnz /

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

jugginses

1. a simpleton.

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juggins British  

/ ˈdʒʌɡɪnz /

noun

1. informal a silly person; simpleton

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Etymology

Origin of juggins

First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

And Dennis yelled: "Bob, you juggins, do you want to do the lot of us in?"

From With Haig on the Somme by Webb, Archibald

‘Here’s a soft old juggins; I’ll be all right if I can get in here!’

From Tommy and Co. by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

I say, Uncle, your friend must be a jolly old juggins!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 by Various

Any juggins could have got down over that ivy, easy as walking downstairs.

From What a Man Wills by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

Good old Tibbles," it ran; "I knew some juggins would rise, whatever I wrote.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir