The difference between Muggins and Peg
When used as nouns, muggins means a fool or idiot , whereas peg means a cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
Peg is also verb with the meaning: to fasten using a peg.
check bellow for the other definitions of Muggins and Peg
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Muggins as a noun (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself):
A fool or idiot .
Examples:
"I suppose muggins here will have to do all the work, as usual."
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Muggins as a noun (cribbage):
The act of stealing another player's points because they either mis-pegged or counted up incorrectly.
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Muggins as a noun (uncountable):
A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
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Muggins as a noun (uncountable):
A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
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Peg as a noun:
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
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Peg as a noun:
Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.
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Peg as a noun:
A protrusion used to hang things on.
Examples:
"Hang your coat on the peg and come in."
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Peg as a noun (figurative):
A support; a reason; a pretext.
Examples:
"a peg to hang a claim upon"
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Peg as a noun (cribbage):
A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
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Peg as a noun (finance):
A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold
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Peg as a noun (UK):
A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
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Peg as a noun:
A place formally allotted for fishing
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Peg as a noun (colloquial, dated):
A leg or foot.
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Peg as a noun:
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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Peg as a noun:
A step; a degree.
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Peg as a noun:
clothes peg.
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Peg as a verb:
To fasten using a peg.
Examples:
"Let's peg the rug to the floor."
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Peg as a verb:
To affix or pin.
Examples:
"I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board."
"She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall."
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Peg as a verb:
To fix a value or price.
Examples:
"China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar."
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Peg as a verb:
To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
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Peg as a verb:
To throw.
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Peg as a verb:
To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
Examples:
"He's been pegged as a suspect."
"I pegged his weight at 165."
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Peg as a verb (cribbage):
To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
Examples:
"She pegged twelve points."
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Peg as a verb (slang):
To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
Examples:
"We pegged the speedometer across the flats."
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Peg as a verb (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts):
To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo.