Mutton \Mut"ton\, n. [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.
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Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H.
Sidney.
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Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for
the living quadrupeds. --Hallam.
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2. The flesh of a sheep.
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The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift.
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3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]
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Mutton bird (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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. [A translation of a phrase from
a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us
return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of
discussion, etc. [Humorous]
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I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R.
Haweis.
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