mutton snapper

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noun

a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.

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Origin of mutton snapper

First recorded in 1865–70

Cue heartbroken Galavant engorging himself on booze and mutton back home.
‘Galavant’: A Drunken, Horny Musical Fairy Tale|Melissa Leon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
We meet our snapper first as a whippersnapper—shot by who knows?
How Horst Captured Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, and Vivien Leigh—and Changed Fashion Photography|Patrick Strudwick|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One afternoon at 5:30 p.m., we sit in the dining room as Doug briefs the staff about the evening special: Hawaiian pink snapper.
A Magical Meal at Louie’s Backyard in the Conch Republic|Jane & Michael Stern|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Just one freelance snapper was alert enough to photograph the royal cars as they rolled up to a back entrance of the hospital.
It’s a Boy! Kate Middleton Gives Birth to a Future King|Tom Sykes|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes it's Snapper and sometimes it's Klick; I don't know which is which, but one of them has adenoids.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
At last Mr. Snapper could blow no more, and with profuse thanks we gathered ourselves, together and departed.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
Do not gastronomists complain of heaviness in London after eating a couple of mutton-chops?
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
No 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 Frank
If she should ask her mother, a string of questions would ensue, with "No" for a snapper.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties|Charles Major