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English → English (gcide) Definition: Mutton fish Mutton \Mut"ton\, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See Mutilate.] 1. A sheep. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. --Hallam. [1913 Webster] 2. The flesh of a sheep. [1913 Webster] The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Mutton bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus). Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. Mutton fish (Zo["o]l.), the American eelpout. See Eelpout. Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden. Mutton monger, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman. To return to one's muttons. [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous] [1913 Webster] I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R. Haweis. [1913 Webster]

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