| 释义 |
‖ Mug, n.8|mʌg|
Forms: 8–9 Mug, 9 Mugg, Mugh.
[Bengālī Magh, of obscure origin; in 16–17th c. Mogen, Mog, Mogue occur as names for Arakan and its people (see Yule s.v.).]
The name given in Bengal to natives of Arakan and Chittagong. The Mugs were formerly celebrated as the best native cooks in Calcutta.
1752in J. Long Unpubl. Rec. Govt. (1869) 87 (Yule) The Mugs. 1802C. James Milit. Dict., Mugs, a banditti of plunderers from an Indian nation. 1839Court Mag. VI. 65/2 Two or three stout broad faced Mughs. 1866Trevelyan in Frasers's Mag. LXXIII. 389 That vegetable curry was excellent. Of course your cook is a Mug?
attrib.1897Henty On Irrawaddy 39 This Mug language..is..almost the same as Burmese. |
