muttonmonger
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]muttonmonger (plural muttonmongers)
- (obsolete) A pimp.
- (obsolete) A frequent customer of prostitutes.
- 1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore, Part 2, act 4, scene 1; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker[1], unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 247:
- As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.
Synonyms
[edit]- (pimp): fleshmonger, whoremonger
- (customer of prostitutes): whoremonger; see also Thesaurus:prostitute's client or Thesaurus:promiscuous man