| 单词 | marsh mutton |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarsh mutton marsh mutton n. mutton from sheep reared on a salt marsh, esp. from those reared on Tilbury Marshes in Essex. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > types of mutton ram mutton1599 Welsh muttona1627 wether-mutton1707 turnip-muttona1722 marsh mutton1724 traik1802 Southdown1818 pré salé1839 Southdowner1841 tup-mutton1844 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. i. 8 This is what the Butchers value themselves upon, when they tell us at the Market, that it is right Marsh-Mutton. 1794 Ann. Agric. 22 294 Rye butchers prefer the small mutton, therefore the South Down in preference to marsh mutton, as it runs into small joints. 1930 W. G. Hartog Brush up your French 44 And on Tuesday send me a little leg of marsh mutton. 1989 C. Shaw & M. Chase Imagined Past i. 13 Whether or not the writer's enthusiasm for charcoal-burning, pre-salted marsh mutton, osier-gathering and other pre-industrial pursuits was crucial in the defeat of Germany is not the issue. < as lemmas |
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