I never appreciated Rowling's appropriation of the word.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggles_(recording)
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It was recorded in Chicago on December 7, 1928. The title refers to the use of the word "muggles" as a slang term for marijuana amongst jazz musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. Armstrong was an enthusiastic user of marijuana, which was legal in most American states at the time.
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