muttons

Noun

mutton (countable and uncountable, plural muttons)

1. The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
   • Mutton, eaten with caraway seed, is eaten as an aphrodisiac among Arabs.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 161

   Synonyms:

   sheepflesh, sheepmeat

2. (often qualified with the type) The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
   • This prejudice against goat mutton is founded upon ignorance rather than experience. The most ill-smelling “billy” of the worst possible type is made the standard of goat flesh for the whole goat family.1903, George Fayette Thompson, A Manual of Angora Goat Raising: With a Chapter on Milch Goats, page 96
3. (archaic) A sheep.
4. (slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
5. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.

   Synonyms:

   laced mutton

6. (historical) An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.

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