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mugger

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mug·ger 1  (mgr)
n.
1. One who commits a mugging.
2. One who makes exaggerated faces, as in performing.

mug·ger 2  (mgr)
n.
A large crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.

[Hindi magar, from Sanskrit makara, crocodile, of Dravidian origin.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.muggermugger - a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
robber - a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
Translations
mugger [ˈmʌgəʳ] natracador(a) m/f
mugger [ˈmʌgəʳ] mug nagresseur m
mugger [ˈmʌgəʳ] mug nStraßenräuber m
mugger [ˈmʌgəʳ] naggressore m


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It was the blunt-nosed Mugger of Mugger-Ghaut, older than any man in the village, who had given his name to the village; the demon of the ford before the railway bridge, came--murderer, man-eater, and local fetish in one.
 
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