Recent Examples on the WebVegetarian biryani is more popular in India, along with chicken and mutton — but not beef, which most Hindus avoid.—Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, NPR, 8 June 2024 The tent had that wonderful aroma of Mongolia—of butter and mutton, of dung fires and horses.—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024 Candlelight flickers over bowls of things like cannellini beans in saffron, and mutton chops beside piles of bitter cime di rapa.—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 Among the fish found there are mutton snapper, gray snapper and yellowtail snapper, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s website.—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for mutton
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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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