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Mutton vs Veal - What's the difference?

mutton | veal |

As nouns the difference between mutton and veal

is that mutton is the flesh of sheep used as food while veal is the flesh of a calf used for food.

As an adjective mutton

is (cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

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

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    veal

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia veal) (-)
  • The flesh of a calf used for food.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

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