mugup

plural mugups

1. A short break for coffee, tea, or similar.

   “Mug-up time, fellows,” called the van driver.

   2013, William B. McCloskey, Breakers: A Novel, →ISBN

   3 more examples

   On small hand-liners it was customary for the youngest member of the crew to stir up the fire for the constant mugups.

   1993, Victor Slocum, Capt. Joshua Slocum: The Life and Voyages of America's Best Known Sailor, →ISBN

   It seems that anybody going to sea, it makes no odds whether they've had their supper or not, because when they come aboard they always have to have a mugup, hot or cold.

   2000, John Robert Colombo, Ghost Stories of Canada, →ISBN, page 34

   Stopped in Niniltna for a mugup at the Riverside Café.

   2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 134