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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, derogatory, uncountable
Examples
- 2009, Jah Wobble, Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Mayhem, Life, Serpent's Tail (Profile Books), UK, page 65, I thought that the American side of punk was generally full of mutton-dressed-as-lamb degenerates, most of whom were smack heads, who could do with acquainting themselves with a bit of soap and some hot water.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A metaphorical sense of mutton (“unattractive older woman”) being dressed (clothed) as lamb (“a younger attractive woman”) and also a pun on mutton (“meat from old sheep”) being dressed (prepared) as lamb (“meat from young sheep”), related to obsolete lamb-fashion.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
老來俏 /老来俏
(lǎoláiqiào)
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Dutch:
van achteren lyceum, van voren museum
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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German:
von hinten Lyzeum, von vorne Museum
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Greek:
πουρέιντζερ
(pouréintzer)
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Greek:
κοριτσόγρια
(koritsógria)
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Italian:
tardona
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Polish:
dzidzia-piernik
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Polish:
lampucera
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Polish:
z tyłu liceum, z przodu muzeum
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
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Russian:
молодящаяся
(molodjaščajasja)
— middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman
