muttonmonger

noun — 2 senses

muttonmonger

noun

Etymology From mutton + monger.

1

Obsolete A pimp.

2

Obsolete A frequent customer of prostitutes.

As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore, Part 2, act 4, scene 1; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 247:

Synonyms: fleshmonger, whoremonger, promiscuous man

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