muttony en · ADJ
Etymology
From mutton + -y.
Meanings
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Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
I confess to having felt a prejudice against sleeping in a bag, more especially a sheepskin bag, which would probably have a muttony odor; but it was pronounced to be the warmest and least cumbersome form of bedding we could have […]
1891, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, volume 17, page 137:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most muttony | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more muttony | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |