Mug

mug, n. a kind of earthen or metal cup for liquor, its contents.— ns. Mug′ger ( Scot. ), a tramping tinker or vendor of earthenware; Mug′-house , an alehouse; Mug′-hunt′er , one who competes at games merely for the prizes. [Ir. mug an , a mug, mucog , a cup.]