"muttonmonger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: muttonmongers [plural]
Etymology: mutton + monger Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mutton|monger}} mutton + monger Head templates: {{en-noun}} muttonmonger (plural muttonmongers)
  1. (obsolete) A pimp. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (pimp): fleshmonger, whoremonger
    Sense id: en-muttonmonger-en-noun-BVx8Ci9A Disambiguation of 'pimp': 100 0
  2. (obsolete) A frequent customer of prostitutes. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People Synonyms (customer of prostitutes): whoremonger
    Sense id: en-muttonmonger-en-noun-NzY1~-np Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'customer of prostitutes': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prostitute's client, promiscuous man

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for muttonmonger meaning in English (2.0kB)

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