Mutton

Meaning

The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults..

Definitions by Sense

1. The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
2. (often qualified with the type) The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
3. (archaic) A sheep.
4. (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
5. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.
6. (historical) An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.
7. (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

Example Sentences

Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs.

This prejudice against goat mutton is founded upon ignorance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling “billy” of the worst possible type is made the standard of goat flesh for the whole goat family.

Generally urial mutton is excellent in spite of their strongly scented food, especially if the beasts are young. Their skins are valueless even to the Dard, who can turn most things to some account, and so one commonly finds them [discarded].

The mutton from goats is not considered nearly as good as mutton from sheep. Angora and common goats are found in almost every state in this country. They seem to do well under a wide range of climatic conditions.

BAKED HASH HOW TO COOK AND PREPARE GOAT MEAT / By Mrs. Finley Gilchrist / We have used goat mutton for three years. Everyone likes it. Dress and cool 48 hours before cooking, except liver and heart.

( 2 ) Goat mutton means meat derived from the carcasses of goats. ( b ) Ceiling prices. Ceiling prices for the sale at retail and at wholesale of locally produced sheep mutton and goat mutton not inspected by United States Government[…]

The choice was beef from water buffalo, and mutton from goats. Pork was not an option, of course; Muslims, like Jews, don't eat it. The trick was to get to the meat market early enough to be ahead of the flies.

Suddenly, a herd of what Gallaher believed to be musk ox came into view, and he shot one. [...] “The next seven days we had mutton.

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