Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young boar of the second year.
- noun A sheep or colt more than one year old.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A young boar of the second year.
- noun A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK, New Zealand A young
colt orsheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth). - noun chiefly UK, New Zealand The meat of a hogget (sheep).
- noun chiefly UK A young
boar of the second year.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
Etymologies
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Examples
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And try to get your lamb at halal butchers, or better yet, if you are out in the boonies (like Highland County Virginia) you may be able to find grass-fed hogget (a large lamb, not yet mutton) for sale.
a special spring treat | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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We'd eventually like to market our own hogget older lamb, but with the current set-up, sending beasts away to an abattoir and transporting them back for butchery is too expensive.
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With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that make mutton.
Grass-Fed Gripes: The Problem With Our Food Culture In Three Acts The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that ...
Grass-Fed Gripes: Problems With Our Eating Cul Peter Meehan in the New York Times Magazine 2010
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With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that make mutton.
Grass-Fed Gripes: Problems With Our Eating Cul Peter Meehan in the New York Times Magazine 2010
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With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that make mutton.
Grass-Fed Gripes: The Problem With Our Food Culture In Three Acts The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that make mutton.
Grass-Fed Gripes: The Problem With Our Food Culture In Three Acts The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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There is no doubt that misdescription of hogget and mutton for lamb occurs.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Nothing has changed much since then, lamb is still expensive and it looks like in some butcher shops, hogget has caught up.
At My Table 2008
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That said, I actually like hogget and have bought mutton for special dishes.
At My Table 2008
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