muttonhood

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noun

The state or period of being an adult sheep.

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Meanings

nounmuttonhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or period of being an adult sheep.

    […] everything, it seemed, was lamb because lambs presumably did not have the chance to reach muttonhood.

    2012, Alexander McCall Smith, Sunshine on Scotland Street
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    […] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings.

    1841, Joseph Hewlett, Theodore Edward Hook, The Parish Clerk, volume 1, page 59

Origin

From mutton + -hood.

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APA

muttonhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muttonhood

MLA

“muttonhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muttonhood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muttonhood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muttonhood.

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