| 词汇 | mutt |
| 词源 | mutt. Mutt, for a “mongrel,” has a long pedigree and was first a contemptuous term for a common, stupid man. As early as 1508 mutton was a Scottish word for a dumb man; by the 18th century muttonheaded was being used in England; and by the early 1900s Americans were calling commonplace stupid men mutts before applying the word to commonplace mongrel dogs. Every dog is of course a mutt, if you go back far enough in its ancestry. |
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