mugup
nounEtymology From mug + up.
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A short break for coffee, tea, or similar.
- On small hand-liners it was customary for the youngest member of the crew to stir up the fire for the constant mugups.1993, Victor Slocum, Capt. Joshua Slocum: The Life and Voyages of America's Best Known Sailor, →ISBN:
- It seems that anybody going to sea, it makes no odds whether they've had their supper or not, because when they come aboard they always have to have a mugup, hot or cold.2000, John Robert Colombo, Ghost Stories of Canada, →ISBN, page 34:
2 more examples
- Stopped in Niniltna for a mugup at the Riverside Café.2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 134:
- “Mug-up time, fellows,” called the van driver.2013, William B. McCloskey, Breakers: A Novel, →ISBN: