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Mutton vs Hircic - What's the difference?

mutton | hircic |

As adjectives the difference between mutton and hircic

is that mutton is (cockney rhyming slang) deaf while hircic is of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet.

As a noun mutton

is the flesh of sheep used as food.

mutton

English

Noun

  • The flesh of sheep used as food.
  • Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
  • (obsolete) A prostitute.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mutton")

    Synonyms

    * (meat of a sheep) (l), (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (meat of a sheep) lamb

    Derived terms

    * mutton bird * mutton dressed as lamb

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

    • Synonyms

    * Mutton Jeff

    See also

    *

    hircic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet.

    • Derived terms

    * hircic acid

    Related terms

    * hircin * hircine

    References

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