mutton
The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
Adjective
- deaf.
- He's been a bit mutton in one ear for a long time; not due to my mother, but as a result of all the years spent working in a noisy car factory. - 2009, Alan Smithie, Sperm, Wonderful Sperm!, page 67:
Synonyms: Mutton Jeff
Origin
From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.
Noun
- The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
- Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs. - 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 161:
Synonyms: sheepflesh sheepmeat
- The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
- This prejudice against goat mutton is founded upon ignorance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling “billy” of the worst possible type is made the standard of goat flesh for the whole goat family. - 1903, George...
- Generally urial mutton is excellent in spite of their strongly scented food, especially if the beasts are young. Their skins are valueless even to the Dard, who can turn most things to some account, and so one commonly...
- The mutton from goats is not considered nearly as good as mutton from sheep. Angora and common goats are found in almost every state in this country. They seem to do well under a wide range of climatic conditions. -...
Hyponyms: goatmeat
- A sheep.
- Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
- A prostitute.
Synonyms: laced mutton
- An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.
Forms
Derived
leg-of-mutton fist leg-of-mutton sleeve leg-o'-mutton sleeve macon mutton bird mutton busting muttonchop mutton chop mutton-chop whiskers mutton dagger mutton dash mutton dressed as lamb mutton dressed up as lamb mutton fat muttonfish mutton fist mutton-fisted mutton flaps muttongrass mutton ham muttonhead muttonheaded muttonhood muttonish