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mutton fist

mutton fist noun: a big brawny fist or hand.

Noun

mutton fist (plural mutton fists)

  1. (archaic, slang) A big brawny fist or hand.
    • Will he, who saw the soldier's mutton-fist, And saw thee mauled, appear within the list[…]?1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] (please specify the satire number)”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into...
    • One has no notion of him as making use of a fine pen, but a great mutton-fist; his style stuns his readers, and he 'fillips the ear of the public with a threeman beetle'.1821, William Hazlitt, “Character of Cobbett”, in Table-Talk

Forms of mutton fist

pluralmutton fists
alternative formmutton-fist
alternative formmuttonfist

Questions about mutton fist

What does mutton fist mean?
Mutton fist means a big brawny fist or hand.
What part of speech is mutton fist?
Mutton fist is a noun.
What is the plural of mutton fist?
The plural of mutton fist is mutton fists.

Words near mutton fist in the dictionary

  1. mutton dash
  2. mutton dashes
  3. mutton dressed as lamb
  4. mutton dressed up as lamb
  5. mutton fat
  6. mutton fist
  7. mutton fists
  8. mutton flaps
  9. mutton ham
  10. mutton hams
  11. Mutton Jeff

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