mutton
nounEtymology
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The meat of sheep used as food
The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
- Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs.
The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
- This prejudice against goat mutton is founded upon ignorance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling “billy” of the worst possible type is made the standard of goat flesh for the whole goat family.
- The mutton from goats is not considered nearly as good as mutton from sheep. Angora and common goats are found in almost every state in this country. They seem to do well under a wide range of climatic conditions.
A sheep.
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Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
A prostitute.
An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.
deaf.
- He's been a bit mutton in one ear for a long time; not due to my mother, but as a result of all the years spent working in a noisy car factory.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
leg-of-mutton fist, leg-of-mutton sleeve, leg-o'-mutton sleeve, macon, mutton bird, mutton busting, muttonchop, mutton chop, mutton-chop whiskers, mutton dagger, mutton dash, mutton dressed as lamb, mutton dressed up as lamb, mutton fat, muttonfish, mutton fist, mutton-fisted, mutton flaps, muttongrass, mutton ham, muttonhead, muttonheaded, muttonhood, muttonish, muttonmonger, mutton quad, mutton shunter, mutton snapper, mutton-thumper, muttonwood, muttony, poor man of mutton, reestit mutton, shoulder-of-mutton sail, underground mutton
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA