MUDFOG, “The British Association for the Promotion of
Science.”—_University._
MUD-LARKS, men and women who, with their clothes tucked above knee,
grovel through the mud on the banks of the Thames, when the tide is
low, for silver spoons, old bottles, pieces of iron, coal, or any
articles of the least value, deposited by the retiring tide, either
from passing ships or the sewers. Occasionally those men who cleanse
the sewers, with great boots and sou’ wester hats.
MUFF, a silly, or weak-minded person; MUFF has been defined to be “a
soft thing that holds a lady’s hand without squeezing it.”
MUFFIN-WORRY, an old ladies’ tea party.
MUFTI, the civilian dress of a naval or military officer when off
duty.—_Anglo Indian._
MUG, to fight, or chastise.
MUG, “to MUG oneself,” to get tipsy.