mutton

English

Etymology

From Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌtn̩/, [ˈmʌʔn̩]
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Noun

mutton (countable and uncountable, plural muttons)

  1. The flesh of sheep used as food.
  2. (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
  3. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mutton.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • (meat of a sheep): lamb

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Adjective

mutton (not comparable)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

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