(UK, slang, obsolete) The saloon at Drury Lane Theatre, once a popular gathering-place.
(UK, slang, obsolete) The saloon at Drury Lane Theatre, once a popular gathering-place.
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(UK, derogatory) A middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman, especially if in a deliberate attempt to appear young.
(Scotland, archaic) Cold mutton broiled, especially the shoulder.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A bed.
(British, slang) A stupid or foolish person.
A muttonhead is a thoroughly dim-witted person — someone whose thinking is about as sharp as the wool on a sheep's back. This old British insult compares the target to a mutton (adult sheep), traditionally associated with dullness and docility. It's the 19th-century equivalent of calling someone a blockhead or a numbskull, and while it sounds quaint today, it lands with satisfying bluntness in the right company.