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return to one's muttons

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-turn -to one's -mut-tons
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To get back to the business at hand.

Dated

Example Sentences

Etymology

Humorous calque translation of French revenons à nos moutons, from “La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin”

Usage

Inflected Forms

return to one’s muttons (canonical) returns to one's muttons (present, singular) returning to one's muttons (participle, present) returned to one's muttons (participle, past) returned to one's muttons (past)

Questions

What does return to one's muttons mean?
To get back to the business at hand.
Where does return to one's muttons come from?
Humorous calque translation of French revenons à nos moutons, from “La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin”

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