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    Patwa headword

    Mutton

    /MUT-un/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Goat meat"
    Definition
    In Jamaica, mutton almost exclusively refers to goat meat, not sheep.
    Example
    "We having curried mutton."
    Origin
    Culinary shift.

    As a culinary term, Mutton is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.