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mutton-monger

mutton-monger is the alternative form of muttonmonger.

Meaning of muttonmonger

Noun

muttonmonger (plural muttonmongers)

  1. (obsolete) A pimp.
  2. (obsolete) A frequent customer of prostitutes.
    • As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore, Part 2, act 4, scene 1; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 247
    Synonyms:
    whoremonger

Forms of mutton-monger

pluralmutton-mongers

Questions about mutton-monger

What is mutton-monger the alternative form of?
Mutton-monger is the alternative form of muttonmonger.

Words near mutton-monger in the dictionary

  1. mutton snapper
  2. mutton snappers
  3. Mutton Walk
  4. mutton-chop whiskers
  5. mutton-fisted
  6. mutton-monger
  7. mutton-mongers
  8. mutton-thumper
  9. mutton-thumpers
  10. muttonbird
  11. muttonbirder

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