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Mug!

Amanda: How much did you pay for that painting?

Kevin: It's an antique. I paid 800 dollars!

Amanda: You are such a mug! I saw that picture in Tesco last week for 5 dollars!

Mug - English slang for a victim - somebody that is easily tricked.

The word mug has other slang meanings, depending on the context of the sentence.

• Mug - the face - often a grumpy looking face.
• Mug shot - a photograph of a person's face, usually for police files.

The verb mug means to threaten violence to a person with the intent to steal from them. 

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