- meat from a fully grown sheep compare lambTopics Foodc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryMutton is used before these nouns:
- chop
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French moton, from medieval Latin multo(n-), probably of Celtic origin; compare with Scottish Gaelic mult, Welsh mollt, and Breton maout.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See mutton in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarymutton dressed as lamb
- (British English, informal, offensive) an offensive way to describe a woman who you think is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people
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