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muttonhood

muttonhood noun: the state or period of being an adult sheep.

Noun

muttonhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or period of being an adult sheep.
    • […] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings.1841, Joseph Hewlett, Theodore Edward Hook, The Parish Clerk, volume 1, page 59
    • […] everything, it seemed, was lamb because lambs presumably did not have the chance to reach muttonhood.2012, Alexander McCall Smith, Sunshine on Scotland Street

Origin of muttonhood

From mutton + -hood.

Questions about muttonhood

What does muttonhood mean?
Muttonhood means the state or period of being an adult sheep.
What part of speech is muttonhood?
Muttonhood is a noun.

Words near muttonhood in the dictionary

  1. muttonfishes
  2. muttongrass
  3. muttonhead
  4. muttonheaded
  5. muttonheads
  6. muttonhood
  7. muttoniness
  8. muttonish
  9. muttonmonger
  10. muttonmongers
  11. muttons

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