MUTTONS

Noun

muttons

plural of mutton

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


MUTTON

Mut"ton, n. Etym: [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See Mutilate.]

1. A sheep. [Obs.] Chapman. Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam.

2. The flesh of a sheep. The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift.

3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] Mutton bird (Zoöl.), the Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus).

– Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off.

– Mutton fish (Zoöl.), the American eelpout. See Eelpout.

– Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] Dryden.

– Mutton monger, a pimp [Low & Obs.] Chapman.

– To return to one's muttons. Etym: [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons à nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous] I willingly return to my muttons. H. R. Haweis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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