Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H.
Sidney.
Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for
the living quadrupeds. --Hallam.
The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift.
3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]
{Mutton bird} (Zo["o]l.), the Australian short-tailed petrel
({Nectris brevicaudus}).
{Mutton chop}, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of
the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
{Mutton fish} (Zo["o]l.), the American eelpout. See
{Eelpout}.
{Mutton fist}, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
{Mutton monger}, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman.
{To return to one's muttons}. [A translation of a phrase from
a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us
return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of
discussion, etc. [Humorous]
I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R.
Haweis.