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mutton-thumpers

mutton-thumpers is the plural of mutton-thumper.

Meaning of mutton-thumper

Noun

mutton-thumper (plural mutton-thumpers)

  1. (archaic, slang) A clumsy bookbinder, or a bad workman in general.

Questions about mutton-thumpers

What is mutton-thumpers the plural of?
Mutton-thumpers is the plural of mutton-thumper.

Words near mutton-thumpers in the dictionary

  1. mutton-chop whiskers
  2. mutton-fisted
  3. mutton-monger
  4. mutton-mongers
  5. mutton-thumper
  6. mutton-thumpers
  7. muttonbird
  8. muttonbirder
  9. muttonbirders
  10. muttonbirding
  11. muttonbirds

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