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Webster 1913 Edition


Mutton

Mut′ton

,
Noun.
[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
(Zool.)
,
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
(Zool.)
,
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 à 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mutton

MUTTON

, n.
1.
The flesh of sheep, raw or dressed for food.
2.
A sheep. [But this sense is now obsolete or ludicrous.]

Definition 2024


mutton

mutton

English

Noun

mutton (countable and uncountable, plural muttons)

  1. The flesh of sheep used as food.
  2. (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
  3. (obsolete) A prostitute.

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mutton.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • (meat of a sheep): lamb

Translations

Derived terms

Adjective

mutton (not comparable)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

Synonyms

See also