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mutt

Or mut

[muht]

noun

Slang.
  1. a dog, especially a mongrel.

  2. a stupid or foolish person; simpleton.



mutt

/ ʌ /

noun

  1. an inept, ignorant, or stupid person

  2. a mongrel dog; cur

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mutt1

1900–05, short for muttonhead
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mutt1

C20: shortened from muttonhead
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Levi, a 4-year-old mutt, suffered through “a month of real instability,” said owner Jenn Burt, as they moved into temporary quarters with a series of friends in the Pasadena area.

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With apologies to Felicity, the film’s mutt is so obnoxious that you can’t wait for the inevitable moment when it disappears from the story.

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Her father, whom she calls a “working-class English German mutt,” was an attendance counselor for LAUSD.

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One day, he pops in a game about a soul-gobbling demon and the demon emerges to suck Conor’s adorable mutt, Sandy, into the screen.

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Two days after being rescued, the 6-month-old mutts — one tiger-striped, the other jet black — mostly dozed on donated blankets amid chew toys, still drained from their ordeal.

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