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muggen

muggen adjective: made of earthenware in contradistinction to china, metal, wood, etc.

Adjective

muggen (comparative more muggen, superlative most muggen)

  1. (Northern England, UK, dialectal) Made of earthenware in contradistinction to china, metal, wood, etc.
    • a muggen teapot

Forms of muggen

comparativemore muggen
superlativemost muggen

Origin of muggen

From mug + -en (“made of, consisting of”).

Questions about muggen

What does muggen mean?
Muggen means made of earthenware in contradistinction to china, metal, wood, etc.
What part of speech is muggen?
Muggen is an adjective.

Words near muggen in the dictionary

  1. mugged by reality
  2. mugged off
  3. mugged up
  4. muggee
  5. muggees
  6. muggen
  7. mugger
  8. mugger crocodile
  9. mugger crocodiles
  10. Muggeridge
  11. Muggeridgean

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