mutton bonen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌtn bəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmətn ˌboʊn/

Forms: see mutton n. and bone n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mutton n., bone n.¹

Etymology: < mutton n. + bone n.¹

1. The bone remaining from a joint of mutton.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > bone

mutton bone?a1527

?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 75 Half a Loif of houshold Breide A Manchet j Potell of Bere a Chekynge or ells iij Muton Bonys boyled—j.

a1674 R. Herrick Poet. Wks. (1915) 46 Six teeth he has, whereof twice two are known Made of a Haft, that was a Mutton-bone.

1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) xi. 31 The curs..Show'd anxiousness about the mutton bone.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Men's Wives in Fraser's Mag. 28 498/1 A dirty table-cloth was laid for dinner, some bottles of porter and a cold mutton-bone being laid out on a rickety grand-piano hard by.

1921 J. Galsworthy To Let ii. i. 119 He went as a well-natured dog goes for a walk with its mistress, leaving a choice mutton-bone on the lawn.

1992 S. Holloway Courage High! viii. 73/2 The children..chivvied, made to do the chores (which often included using a mutton bone to rub dubbin into their fathers' fire boots).

†2. In plural. The game of knuckle bone. See knuckle-bone n. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

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1849 G. P. R. James Woodman III. iii. 53 Two of his servants were..engaged in the very ancient game of mutton bones.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mutton bone
释义	mutton bonen. Brit. /ˈmʌtn bəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmətn ˌboʊn/ Forms: see mutton n. and bone n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mutton n., bone n.¹ Etymology: < mutton n. + bone n.¹ 1. The bone remaining from a joint of mutton. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > bone mutton bone?a1527 ?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 75 Half a Loif of houshold Breide A Manchet j Potell of Bere a Chekynge or ells iij Muton Bonys boyled—j. a1674 R. Herrick Poet. Wks. (1915) 46 Six teeth he has, whereof twice two are known Made of a Haft, that was a Mutton-bone. 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) xi. 31 The curs..Show'd anxiousness about the mutton bone. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Men's Wives in Fraser's Mag. 28 498/1 A dirty table-cloth was laid for dinner, some bottles of porter and a cold mutton-bone being laid out on a rickety grand-piano hard by. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let ii. i. 119 He went as a well-natured dog goes for a walk with its mistress, leaving a choice mutton-bone on the lawn. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! viii. 73/2 The children..chivvied, made to do the chores (which often included using a mutton bone to rub dubbin into their fathers' fire boots). †2. In plural. The game of knuckle bone. See knuckle-bone n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman III. iii. 53 Two of his servants were..engaged in the very ancient game of mutton bones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1527
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