hothouse lamb

American

noun

a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.

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hothouse lamb

If there wasn't any of the hothouse lamb, with imported green peas, left, we'd worry along on a little bit of the fresh shad roe, and a few conservatory cucumbers on the side.

From Roughing it De Luxe by McCutcheon, John T.

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