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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A young boar of the second year.
  2. n. A sheep or colt more than one year old.

Wiktionary

  1. n. chiefly UK, New Zealand A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
  2. n. chiefly UK, New Zealand The meat of a hogget (sheep).
  3. n. chiefly UK A young boar of the second year.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A young boar of the second year.
  2. n. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

Etymologies

  1. Middle English (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “And try to get your lamb at halal butchers, or better yet, if you are out in the boonies (like Highland County Virginia) you may be able to find grass-fed hogget (a large lamb, not yet mutton) for sale.”

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  • “We'd eventually like to market our own hogget older lamb, but with the current set-up, sending beasts away to an abattoir and transporting them back for butchery is too expensive.”

    The Guardian: Back to the land: from London to sheep farming on Eigg

  • “With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that ...”

    The Huffington Post: Grass-Fed Gripes: Problems With Our Eating Cul

  • “With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that make mutton.”

    The Huffington Post: Grass-Fed Gripes: Problems With Our Eating Cul

  • “There is no doubt that misdescription of hogget and mutton for lamb occurs.”

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  • “Nothing has changed much since then, lamb is still expensive and it looks like in some butcher shops, hogget has caught up.”

    At My Table

  • “That said, I actually like hogget and have bought mutton for special dishes.”

    At My Table

  • “Hi thermomixer, I totally agree with you about the taste and flavour of hogget and if I could buy some, would.”

    At My Table

  • “A friend suggested instead of hogget, perhaps we could say mature lamb instead, it sounds a bit better.”

    At My Table

  • “Perhaps abbatoirs could use different meat stamps for hogget and mutton, that would be the end of it right there.”

    At My Table

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