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mutton

(mʌtən)
1. uncountable noun
Mutton is meat from an adult sheep that is eaten as food.
...a leg of mutton.
...mutton stew.
2. 
See mutton dressed as lamb

mutton in British English

(ˈmʌtən)
noun
1. 
the flesh of sheep, esp of mature sheep, used as food
2.  mutton dressed as lamb
3.  printing another word for em (sense 1), Compare nut (sense 12)
Derived forms
muttony (ˈmuttony)
adjective
Word origin
C13 moton sheep, from Old French, from Medieval Latin multō, of Celtic origin; the term was adopted in printing to distinguish the pronunciationof em quad from en quad

mutton in American English

(ˈmʌtən)
noun
1. 
the flesh of a sheep, esp. a grown sheep, used as food
2.  Rare
a sheep
Derived forms
muttony (ˈmuttony)
adjective
Word origin
ME moton < OFr, a ram < ML *multo, sheep, of Celt orig. as in Welsh mollt, Ir molt

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Examples of 'mutton' in a sentence
mutton

Do your homework before presenting ministers with mutton dressed as lamb.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Which celebrity do you think is mutton dressed as lamb?
The Sun (2011)
The last thing you want to do is look like the dreaded mutton dressed as lamb.
The Sun (2013)
But my wife supports my mutton chops.
The Sun (2010)
There were some mutton bones lying about.
Beatrix Potter The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1930)
Sheep are reared all over this area and lamb and mutton are therefore used in many dishes.
Wood, Katie Cheap Eats Guide to Europe 1994 (1993)
But he admits that his own mutton chops were not really up to the job.
The Sun (2012)
Or is this a case of lamb dressed as mutton?
The Sun (2008)
Please could you advise me on what to wear without looking like mutton dressed as lamb?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
No one talks any more about mutton dressed as lamb.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It turned out that mutton birds like to nest under the wooden deck.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He is lamb dressed as mutton.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It enjoyed beef and mutton best.
Chapman, Philip Caves and Cave Life (1993)
You won't find me trying to dress mutton up as lamb.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There's already too much mutton dressed as lamb about.
The Sun (2013)
A pair of incipient mutton chops sprouts on his cheeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
How do I wear a leather skirt and not look mutton?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I was left alone with my mutton bones, hideously conspicuous.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A Nisa spokesman said it changed suppliers after the discovery of beef in mutton products.
The Sun (2015)

In other languages
mutton

British English: mutton /ˈmʌtn/ NOUN
Mutton is meat from an adult sheep.
...a leg of mutton.
  • American English: mutton
  • Arabic: لَـحمُ الضَّأنِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: carne de carneiro
  • Chinese: 羊肉
  • Croatian: ovčetina
  • Czech: skopové
  • Danish: fårekød
  • Dutch: schaap
  • European Spanish: añojo
  • Finnish: lampaanliha
  • French: mouton viande
  • German: Hammelfleisch
  • Greek: πρόβειο κρέας
  • Italian: montone
  • Japanese: マトン
  • Korean: 양 고기
  • Norwegian: fårekjøtt
  • Polish: baranina
  • European Portuguese: carne de carneiro
  • Romanian: carne de oaie
  • Russian: баранина
  • Latin American Spanish: carne de oveja
  • Swedish: fårkött
  • Thai: เนื้อแกะ
  • Turkish: koyun eti
  • Ukrainian: баранина
  • Vietnamese: thịt cừu

Chinese translation of 'mutton'

mutton

(ˈmʌtn)

n (u)

  1. (= meat) 羊肉 (yángròu)
    mutton dressed (up) as lamb (Brit, inf) 老来(來)俏 (lǎoláiqiào)
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