Recent Examples on the WebCandlelight flickers over bowls of things like cannellini beans in saffron, and mutton chops beside piles of bitter cime di rapa.—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 Among the fish found there are mutton snapper, gray snapper and yellowtail snapper, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s website.—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024 The Major League Eating speed-eating record for lamb meat sandwiches is 81 4-ounce sandwiches in 10 minutes, held by Joey Chestnut, famed mutton for punishment.—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024 And someone recognized the mutton chop beard of Jacob Zerkle.—The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mutton
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English motoun, mutton, sheep, from Anglo-French mutun ram, sheep, mutton, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish molt wether
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