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Among the events to expect are bareback riding, barrel racing, bull riding and mutton busters.—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 In the animal study, mice were fed three types of red meat – pork, beef and mutton – every day for two weeks.—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025 Gunja’s husband was a drunk who sold chicken and mutton bones for a living, collecting them from dhaba eating places, then transporting them to a bone-meal-fertilizer factory.—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025 The picnic also offers signature barbecue dishes, including pork and mutton.—Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutton
Word History
Etymology
Middle English motoun, mutton, sheep, from Anglo-French mutun ram, sheep, mutton, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish molt wether
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