: the flesh of a mature sheep used for food
Examples of mutton in a Sentence
a meal of mutton and potatoes
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At the rodeo, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. May 30 and 31, fans can see junior barrel racers and junior bull riders competing, performances from the Silver Spurs Quadrille, a kids’ mutton bustin’ contest and rodeo clowns — all in addition to the seven traditional events.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
Enjoy nightly Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association events, heart-warming spectacles like mutton bustin’ and a kids’ stick-horse rodeo.
—Sarah Kuta, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
The sheep's head has a variety of textures and flavors from the tongue to the eyeball, with the general flavor leaning toward mutton.
—Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
After Cash’s Rick Rubin album, the audience—in New York, at least—was magically transformed into leather jacketed hipster boys working on starter mutton chops and Sarah Lawrence girls wearing gingham skirts and Frye boots, all of them claiming to have grown up on the stuff.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 12 June 2025
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
Enjoy nightly Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association events, heart-warming spectacles like mutton bustin’ and a kids’ stick-horse rodeo.
—Sarah Kuta, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
The sheep's head has a variety of textures and flavors from the tongue to the eyeball, with the general flavor leaning toward mutton.
—Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
After Cash’s Rick Rubin album, the audience—in New York, at least—was magically transformed into leather jacketed hipster boys working on starter mutton chops and Sarah Lawrence girls wearing gingham skirts and Frye boots, all of them claiming to have grown up on the stuff.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 12 June 2025
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“Mutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutton. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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mutton
noun
mut·ton
ˈmət-ᵊn 
: the flesh of a mature sheep used for food
Etymology
from French mouton "sheep"
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