Meaning of muttonhood | Babel Free

Definitions

The state or period of being an adult sheep.

uncountable

Examples

“[…] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings.”

“[…] everything, it seemed, was lamb because lambs presumably did not have the chance to reach muttonhood.”

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