muttonburger

plural muttonburgers

1. rareA burger made with mutton.

   The researchers fed a wolf a muttonburger (made of the finest sheep flesh) laced with odorless, tasteless capsules of lithium chloride, a chemical that induces nausea.

   1999, Drew Westen, “Learning”, in Psychology: Mind, Brain, & Culture, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 202

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   Each foreign transformation of American pop can be a small anthropological revelation. In New Delhi, the imitation McDonald’s sell muttonburgers, while at Free Time, a Paris chain, the big beef pattie comes on baguette-shaped buns — le longburger.

   1986 June 16, Kurt Andersen, “Pop Goes the Culture”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2026

   If I were having a quiet noggin in the Upland Goose, Port Stanley, reading what he had to say over a pint and a muttonburger, my considered response would be "aaargh!"

   2012 February 20, Simon Hoggart, “Labour sabres still rattle loudest for the Falklands, 30 years on”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2022