单词 | mutton-faced |
释义 | > as lemmasmutton-faced mutton-faced adj. rare having a sheep's face (used as a term of abuse). ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Bee’ Sportsman's Slang 122 Muffin-faced,..mostly cooks, idle gourmands, &c. who delight in fat, soups, and slip-slops, evolve mutton-faced. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xii. 193 ‘You ——, ——, little, mutton-faced Dutchman,’ Nares would bawl. 1906 B. Lubbock Jack Derringer i. xi. 119 ‘Haul, yew mutton-faced haymakers, haul!’ bellowed the mate. < as lemmas |
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