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/mˈətən tʃɑp/ Listen

noun

Mutton n.

A sheep. (Obs.) "Not so much ground as will feed a mutton." "Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds."

The flesh of a sheep. "The fat of roasted mutton or beef."

A loose woman; a prostitute. (Obs.)

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.)

Mutton monger, a pimp. (Low & Obs.)

To return to one's muttons. To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. (Humorous) "I willingly return to my muttons."

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"Mutton chop" Quotes from Famous Books

... buttered toast, and a small glass dish of sardines, to say nothing of a few little dishes of different preserves. Mrs. Dredge, who was considered by the other ladies to have an appetite the reverse of refined, had, in addition to these slight refreshments, a mutton chop. This she was eating with appetite and relish, while Miss Slowcum languidly tapped her egg, and remarked as she did so that it was hollow, but not more so than life. Mrs. Mortlock, since the commencement of her affliction, always ...

— The Palace Beautiful - A Story for Girls • L. T. Meade

... cook, never entered into conversation with her, and only came to her once or twice a day to ask her what she would have to eat. But to Fan it was no pleasure to sit down to eat by herself, and for her midday meal she was satisfied to have a mutton chop with a potato—that hideously monotonous mutton chop and potato which so many millions of unimaginative Anglo-Saxons are content to swallow on each recurring day. And Mrs. Fay, her landlady, had a soul; and her skill in cooking was her pride and ...

— Fan • Henry Harford

... sir? Anything you choose, sir. Mutton chop, rump steak, weal cutlet? Do you a fowl in a quarter of an hour; ...

— Henrietta Temple - A Love Story • Benjamin Disraeli

... twice a week I ride At Mother Dawson's eats his fill; My books at Goodrich's abide, My country seat is Weehawk hill; My morning lounge is Eastburn's shop, At Poppleton's I take my lunch, Niblo prepares my mutton chop, And Jennings makes ...

— History of American Literature • Reuben Post Halleck

... to mutton is only a step, and I'm so hungry I can think only in terms of a menu. And that," she prattled on, "reminds me of Mr. McEwan, whose face is the shape of a mutton chop. He is sure to be there, for he spends half his time with James. ...

— The Nest Builder • Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

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