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Well, it TRULY isn't in the 13th, guys!
Chris, thanks for the page references - I can't return the compliment as I don't know how you did it...but in my dictionary, under 'mutton' it goes from 'mutt'on-suet' straight to 'mutton dressed as lamb' - omitting 'mutt'on thumper'!!!!!!

no taghairm, either! goes from tagetes straight to tagine! (and I am sober!!)

jazzy @29
If mutton-thumper IS between tagetes and tagine, it's no wonder that elle can't find it!




(Sorry - couldn't resist)

Why am I looking up 'snudge', Jazzy! yes, I do have it - to save in a miserly way; a mean stingy person!

dare i ask what mutton-thumper means? i thought it would be in the urban dictionary (actually, i hoped it was) but no luck.

1000 new words are supposed to be added to this
edition, I wonder how many they've taken out????

Not what you suspected, I think, trevor - "incompetent bookbinder"

thank chris. maybe rogers profanisaurus has a take on it.

In the last few minutes I have been plagued by full screen ads on this site.
Volvo and Egyptair.
Blasted nuisance!

Elle, has your 13th edition got a middle section like my 12th? It is called "The Word Lover's Miscellany" and is a wonderful collection of slang, obscure words, insults etc. Among the 38 insults is "mutton-thumper". Taghairm is shown under "25 words for intriguing things" which also includes the lovely "Tom Tiddler's ground"
@ Chris, I am now laughing so much......