Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mutton
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n. 1 the flesh of sheep used for food. 2 joc. a sheep. Phrases and idioms mutton-bird Austral. 1 any bird of the genus Puffinus, esp. the short-tailed shearwater, P. tenuirostris. 2 any of various petrels. mutton chop 1 a piece of mutton, usu. the rib and half vertebra to which it is attached. 2 (in full mutton chop whisker) a side whisker shaped like this. mutton dressed as lamb colloq. a usu. middle-aged or elderly woman dressed or made up to appear younger. mutton-head colloq. a dull, stupid person. mutton-headed colloq. dull, stupid. Derivatives muttony adj. Etymology: ME f. OF moton f. med.L multo -onis prob. f. Gaulish ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. баранина roast mutton —- жареная баранина leg of mutton —- задняя ножка (баранина); баранья нога (блюдо) mutton fat —- бараний жир 2. овца, баран 3. сл. проститутка 4. уст. баранья туша Id: as dead as mutton —- мертвый, бездыханный; безжизненный; не подающий признаков жизни Id: he is as dead as mutton —- ему крышка; утративший силу, превратившийся в мертвую букву Id: this treaty is as dead as mutton —- этот договор совершенно утратил силу Id: mutton dressed as lamb —- молодящаяся старушка Id: to take (to eat) a bit of smb.'s mutton (a bit of mutton with smb.) —- пообедать с кем-л. Id: let's return to our muttons —- вернемся к нашим баранам (к теме нашего разговора) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) баранина 2) joc. овца, баран 3) attr. бараний lets return to our muttons - вернемся к теме нашего разговора mutton dressed like lamb - молодящаяся старушка MUTTON chop 1) баранья отбивная 2) pl. бачки ...Англо-русский словарь
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1. Mutton is meat from an adult sheep that is eaten as food. ...a leg of mutton. ...mutton stew. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you describe a woman as mutton dressed as lamb, you are criticizing her for trying to look younger than she really is, in a way that you consider unattractive. (BRIT INFORMAL) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 the meat from a sheep 2 mutton dressed as lamb BrE an offensive expression meaning a woman who is trying to look younger than she really is ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 13c., from O.Fr. moton "ram, wether, sheep," from M.L. multonem, probably from acc. of Gaulish *multo (cf. O.Ir. molt "wether," Mid-Breton mout, Welsh mollt). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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