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Definition of Mugger
1. Noun. A robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street).
Definition of Mugger
1. n. The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
Definition of Mugger
1. Noun. A street robber. ¹
2. Noun. A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner. ¹
3. Noun. A large crocodile ''Crocodilus palustris'' of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mugger
1. a large Asian crocodile [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mugger
Literary usage of Mugger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chasing and Racing, Some Sporting Reminiscences by Harding Edward de Fonglanque Cox (1922)
"Mr. Johnson has entered Hugger mugger and is bent on running. All conditions
being equal it is as close as no matter between him and Weasel. ..."
2. Essays on Social Subjects from the Saturday Review by Anne] [Mozley (1865)
"HUGGER-mugger. MOST minds have an untidy corner. Most men have a taste, in some
quarter or other, for hugger-mugger, — for unworthy shifts and expedients, ..."
3. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"In HUGGER-mugger. In secrecy, or concealment. For the various derivations, see Todd.
But I am inclined to think that they are all erroneous, ..."
4. Chasing and Racing, Some Sporting Reminiscences by Harding Edward de Fonglanque Cox (1922)
"Mr. Johnson has entered Hugger mugger and is bent on running. All conditions
being equal it is as close as no matter between him and Weasel. ..."
5. Essays on Social Subjects from the Saturday Review by Anne] [Mozley (1865)
"HUGGER-mugger. MOST minds have an untidy corner. Most men have a taste, in some
quarter or other, for hugger-mugger, — for unworthy shifts and expedients, ..."
6. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"In HUGGER-mugger. In secrecy, or concealment. For the various derivations, see Todd.
But I am inclined to think that they are all erroneous, ..."
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