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mutton

/ˈmʌt(ə)n/ noun B2
  1. The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use. (countable, slang, uncountable)
  4. An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb. (countable, uncountable)

Plural muttons

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A WOLF, passing by, saw some Shepherds in a hut eating a haunch of mutton for their dinner.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 42 · B2
They make you also guard their sheep, and while they eat the mutton throw only the bones to you.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 58 · B2

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