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house lamb

house lamb noun: a lamb raised for slaughter wholly inside a building.

Noun

house lamb (countable and uncountable, plural house lambs)

  1. (countable) A lamb raised for slaughter wholly inside a building.
  2. (uncountable) The meat of such a lamb.
    • On his marriage morning, he always caused both sides of the way to church to be planted with curious flowers; and when his bride said, 'Dear Captain Murderer, I ever saw flowers like these before: what are they called?' he answered, 'They are called Garnish for house-lamb,' and laughed at his...1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer

Forms of house lamb

pluralhouse lambs

Questions about house lamb

What does house lamb mean?
House lamb means a lamb raised for slaughter wholly inside a building.
What part of speech is house lamb?
House lamb is a noun.
What is the plural of house lamb?
The plural of house lamb is house lambs.

Words near house lamb in the dictionary

  1. house husband
  2. house husbands
  3. house in Virginia
  4. house keeper
  5. house keepers
  6. house lamb
  7. house lambs
  8. house leader
  9. house leaders
  10. house left
  11. house light

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