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  1. Apr 4, 2019 · mug (n.2) "a person's mouth or face," 1708, possibly an extended sense of mug (n.1), based on the old drinking mugs shaped like grotesque faces, popular in England from 17c. The sense of "portrait or photograph in police records" had emerged by 1873.

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  2. further revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; new senses, phrases, and quotations. Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into mug, n.³ in September 2023.

  3. Aug 26, 2023 · The etymology of mug is not known; there are cognates in other Germanic languages, but relationship these different words have to one another is uncertain. By the early sixteenth century mug was being used to refer to large pieces of crockery, and by the middle of the seventeenth century we see the sense that we know today of a large drinking vessel with a handle.

  4. further revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; new senses, phrases, and quotations. Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into mug, n.⁶ & adj.¹ in July 2023.

  5. Aug 15, 2018 · Given that origin, you can see why calling a face a mug today still has a slightly negative tinge to it. A mug shot is a photograph taken of a criminal’s face. And mug, meaning face, often gets paired with the adjective “ugly.” "From there you can turn the noun 'mug' into a verb meaning to make exaggerated facial expressions," said Zimmer.

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  6. In the early 1800s, that gave rise to the metonymic verb to mug, meaning "strike someone on the face", which got extended to a broader meaning of "attack" in the 1840s and "attack by robbing" in the 1860s. Mug separately became used to refer to police records of people's faces in the 1870s, and the phrase mug-shot is from the 1950s. So much ...

  7. Jan 5, 2024 · Q1: What is the origin of the word “mug”? A1: The term “mug” originated in 16th-century Scandinavia, derived from the word “mugga.” Q2: When did mugs first come into existence? A2: The earliest known mugs date back over 8,000 years and were crafted from clay. Q3: Who invented the modern coffee mug?

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