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English
Etymology
From mutton + monger.
Noun
muttonmonger (plural muttonmongers)
- (obsolete) A pimp.
- (obsolete) A frequent customer of prostitutes.
1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore, Part 2, act 4, scene 1; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 247:As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.
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