juggins

noun

juggins

noun

/ˈd͡ʒʌɡɪnz/

Etymology Uncertain; perhaps an extended use of Juggins, originally a plebian surname.

1

A fool; someone very credulous or easily fooled.

  • […] this boy, though at present a juggins, had the makings of a superb creature.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 788:

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