Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leg of mutton salted and prepared as ham.
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Examples
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Bucklaw, who had eagerly eaten a considerable portion of the thrice-sacked mutton-ham, now began to demand ale.
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More than three years had intervened -- almost without mutation in that stationary household -- since I had sat there first, a young American freshman, bewildered among unfamiliar dainties (Finnan haddock, kippered salmon, baps, and mutton-ham), and had wearied my mind in vain to guess what should be under the tea-cosy.
The Wrecker 1898
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Duncan Dhu made haste to bring out the pair of pipes that was his principal possession, and to set before his guests a mutton-ham and a bottle of that drink which they call Athole brose, and which is made of old whiskey, strained honey and sweet cream, slowly beaten together in the right order and proportion.
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Maclaren pressed them to taste his mutton-ham and "the wife's brose," reminding them the wife was out of Athole and had a name far and wide for her skill in that confection.
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Maclaren pressed them to taste his mutton-ham and "the wife's brose," reminding them the wife was out of Athole and had a name far and wide for her skill in that confection.
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Duncan Dhu made haste to bring out the pair of pipes that was his principal possession, and to set before his guests a mutton-ham and a bottle of that drink which they call Athole brose, and which is made of old whiskey, strained honey and sweet cream, slowly beaten together in the right order and proportion.
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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He roused the fire, asleep all through the night, and prepared their breakfast of porridge and butter, tea, oat-cake, and mutton-ham.
What's Mine's Mine — Complete George MacDonald 1864
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Then they made a good meal of tea, mutton-ham, oatcakes and butter.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2 George MacDonald 1864
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Then they made a good meal of tea, mutton-ham, oatcakes and butter.
What's Mine's Mine — Complete George MacDonald 1864
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He roused the fire, asleep all through the night, and prepared their breakfast of porridge and butter, tea, oat-cake, and mutton-ham.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2 George MacDonald 1864
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