muttony

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adjective

Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.

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Meanings

adjectivemuttony (comparative more muttony, superlative most muttony)

comparative more muttony · superlative most muttony

  1. Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.

    I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have […]

    1891, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, volume 17, page 137

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
muttonish

Origin

From mutton + -y.

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APA

muttony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muttony

MLA

“muttony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muttony. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muttony,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muttony.

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