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    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.

    Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H.
    Sidney.

    Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for
    the living quadrupeds. --Hallam.

    2. The flesh of a sheep.

    The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift.

    3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]

    {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]

    I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R.
    Haweis.

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