MUGGING, a thrashing,—synonymous with slogging, both terms of the
“ring,” and frequently used by fighting men.
MUGGY, drunk.
MUG-UP, to paint one’s face.—_Theatrical._ To “cram” for an
examination.—_Army._
MULL, “to make a MULL of it,” to spoil anything, or make a fool of
oneself.—_Gipsey._
MULLIGRUBS.—_Vide_ MOLLYGRUBS.
MULTEE KERTEVER, very bad.—_Italian_, MOLTO CATTIVO.
MUMMER, a performer at a travelling theatre.—_Ancient._ Rustic
performers at Christmas in the West of England.
MUMPER, a beggar.—_Gipsey._ Possibly a corruption of MUMMER.
MUNDUNGUS, trashy tobacco. _Spanish_, MONDONGO, black pudding.
MUNGARLY, bread, food. MUNG is an _old word_ for mixed food, but
MUNGARLY is doubtless derived from the _Lingua Franca_, MANGIAR, to
eat.—See the following.
MUNGARLY CASA, a baker’s shop; evidently a corruption of some _Lingua
Franca_ phrase for an eating house. The well known “Nix mangiare”
stairs at Malta derive their name from the endless beggars who lie
there and shout NIX MANGIARE, _i.e._, “nothing to eat,” to excite the
compassion of the English who land there,—an expression which exhibits
remarkably the mongrel composition of the _Lingua Franca_, MANGIARE
being _Italian_, and _Nix_ an evident importation from Trieste, or
other Austrian seaport.