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mutton flaps

mutton flaps noun: a fattening cut of meat in the South Pacific, from the rib area of a sheep.

Noun

mutton flaps pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A fattening cut of meat in the South Pacific, from the rib area of a sheep.
    • "Mutton flaps are the discarded parts of the lamb that are not fit for consumption in New Zealand. They were able to dump this stuff on the Pacific countries."2016 January 18, Katy Watson, Sarah Treanor, “How mutton flaps are killing Tonga”, in BBC News

Questions about mutton flaps

What does mutton flaps mean?
Mutton flaps means a fattening cut of meat in the South Pacific, from the rib area of a sheep.
What part of speech is mutton flaps?
Mutton flaps is a noun.

Words near mutton flaps in the dictionary

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

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