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noun
the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English moton sheep < Old French < Celtic; compare MIr molt, Welsh mollt, Breton maout wether
1250–1300; Middle English moton sheep < Old French < Celtic; compare MIr molt, Welsh mollt, Breton maout wether
Related forms
mut·ton·y, adjective
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Mutton
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Example Sentences
- Mutton busting, a kind of rodeo with children riding sheep, used to be the stuff or back corrals and halftime entertainment.
- Weary of wool and tallowy mutton rations, ex-soldiers-and their families-shunned lamb chops and embraced synthetic fibre.
- Well, they certainly aren't chewing many leftover mutton bones anymore.
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| mutton (ˈmʌtən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the flesh of sheep, esp of mature sheep, used as food |
| 2. | mutton dressed as lamb an older woman dressed up to look young |
| 3. | printing another word for em Compare nut |
| [C13 moton sheep, from Old French, from Medieval Latin multō, of Celtic origin; the term was adopted in printing to distinguish the pronunciation of em quad from en quad] | |
| 'muttony | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
mutton
"flesh of sheep used as food," late 13c., from O.Fr. moton "ram, wether, sheep" (Fr. mouton), from M.L. multonem (8c.), probably from Gaulish *multo-s, acc. of *multo (cf. O.Ir. molt "wether," Mid-Breton mout, Welsh mollt). Transf. slang sense of "food for lust, loose women, prostitutes" (1510s) led
EXPAND to extensive British slang uses down to the present day for woman variously regarded as seeking lovers or as lust objects.
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