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Mutton

Mutton Meaning & Definition
Mutton Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mutton?

[n] meat from a mature domestic sheep
[n] the square of a body of any size of type

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mutton: em | mouton | mut

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mutton: agneau | bellwether | breast of lamb | ewe | ewe lamb | gigot | jambe de mouton | jumbuck | lamb | lambkin | leg of lamb | leg of mutton | mouton | ram | saddle of mutton | sheep | teg | tup | wether | yeanling

See Also | area unit | domestic sheep | meat | Ovis aries | square measure

Mutton In Webster's Dictionary

\Mut"ton\, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See {Mutilate}.] 1. A sheep. [Obs.] --Chapman. Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H. Sidney. Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. --Hallam. 2. The flesh of a sheep. The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift. 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] {Mutton bird} (Zo["o]l.), the Australian short-tailed petrel ({Nectris brevicaudus}). {Mutton chop}, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. {Mutton fish} (Zo["o]l.), the American eelpout. See {Eelpout}. {Mutton fist}, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden. {Mutton monger}, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman. {To return to one's muttons}. [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous] I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R. Haweis.

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