Mutton
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults. countable, uncountable
"Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs."
- 2 meat from a mature domestic sheep wordnet
- 3 The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 A sheep. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 5 Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use. countable, slang, uncountable
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- 6 A prostitute. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
- 7 An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb. countable, historical, uncountable
- 1 deaf. Cockney, not-comparable, slang
"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."
- 1 A surname.
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More examples"When was the last time you ate mutton?"
Etymology
From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.
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