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From mutton + dash, to avoid ambiguity when speaking between en dash and em dash.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mutton dash
Today it means: Synonym of em dash. Full definition →
Today it means: Synonym of em dash. Full definition →
From mutton + dash, to avoid ambiguity when speaking between en dash and em dash.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.