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mutton fist

noun

Definitions

  1. A big brawny fist or hand.

    • Will he, who saw the soldier's mutton-fist, And saw thee mauled, appear within the list[…]?
    • One has no notion of him as making use of a fine pen, but a great mutton-fist; his style stuns his readers, and he 'fillips the ear of the public with a threeman beetle'.
    • The little gentleman saw the keeper's great mutton fist very near his head, and thought a second time; he did not like the look of that mutton fist. 'No, keeper,' said he, don't hit me - shake me.'

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