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laced mutton

laced mutton noun: a prostitute.

Noun

laced mutton (plural laced muttons)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) A prostitute.
    • A fine laced mutton, Or two; and either has her frisking husband1624, Ben Jonson, Neptune's Triumph for the Return of Albion
    • Ay sir: I, a lost mutton, gave your letter to her, a laced mutton, and she, a laced mutton, gave me, a lost mutton, nothing for my labour.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of laced mutton

plurallaced muttons

Questions about laced mutton

What does laced mutton mean?
Laced mutton means a prostitute.
What part of speech is laced mutton?
Laced mutton is a noun.
What is the plural of laced mutton?
The plural of laced mutton is laced muttons.

Words near laced mutton in the dictionary

  1. laced day-moth
  2. laced day-moths
  3. laced into
  4. laced moray
  5. laced morays
  6. laced mutton
  7. laced muttons
  8. laced up
  9. laced-up
  10. Lacedaemon
  11. Lacedaemonian

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