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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A wencher; a mutton-monger. Lydgate, p. 168.

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Examples

  • I found myself "top - hammer" again -- or I should say "top-muttoner," for ham was a luxury reserved only for one day in the week -- and the two chairs below me were again vacant.

    Boycotted And Other Stories Talbot Baines Reed 1872

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