Muttony
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
"I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have […]"
Etymology
From mutton + -y.
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