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Article: mug
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- The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
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mug
a mug's game
an activity in which it is stupid to engage because it is likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous. informal
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Mug
was mid 19th-century slang for a fool, in particular someone who has been duped by a card sharper or criminal.
Mug's game
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Article: Ambitious plan for mug cultivation.
UNB - United News of Bangladesh;
June 14, 2005 ;
230 words
......programme to bring a vast area in the district under mug cultivation. Officials said mug would be cultivated on fallow land with a production target of 30,000 metric tons of mug. A vast area remained fallow in the Barind region...
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