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