mutton
1the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
Origin of mutton
1Other words from mutton
- mut·ton·y, adjective
Words Nearby mutton
Other definitions for mutton (2 of 2)
Origin of mutton
2- Also called mut.
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How to use mutton in a sentence
I am willing to bet that you have not eaten mutton in the last six months, probably the last six years.
Cue heartbroken Galavant engorging himself on booze and mutton back home.
The co-owner of Metropolis Collectables, Vincent has Wolverine mutton chops, a Tony Stark goatee, and Lex Luthor swagger.
The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con | Sujay Kumar | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe speciality was mutton tagine, softly braised in the tagine pot with peas, vegetables, and spices.
mutton Tagine in Zaita, Morocco This photo was taken at a tiny roadside town on the drive to Fez.
Generally, meat gets stringier, gamier, and less tasty as the animal ages: compare mutton (an old sheep) to lamb.
Do not gastronomists complain of heaviness in London after eating a couple of mutton-chops?
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayNo doubt, having feasted on mutton so long, he had got a little sick of it, and thought he would make a dinner on beef.
Mike Marble | Uncle FrankThey mostly raise a few sheep and goats; the sheep are a poor lot, the wool is of a very inferior class, and the mutton poor.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) | A. G. HalesMy wife and I to church this morning, and so home to dinner to a boiled leg of mutton all alone.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysM. Noel, in a dress-coat, very dark skinned and with mutton-chop whiskers, came forward to meet us.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for mutton
/ (ˈmʌtən) /
the flesh of sheep, esp of mature sheep, used as food
mutton dressed as lamb an older woman dressed up to look young
printing another word for em (def. 1) Compare nut (def. 12)
Origin of mutton
1Derived forms of mutton
- muttony, adjective
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