Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Shoulder-of-mutton fist
subs. phr. (common).—A coarse, big, broad hand: in contempt.
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1876. C. HINDLEY, ed. The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, 17. Sold again! and to a gentleman with a SHOULDER-OF-MUTTON fist, that has never been washed since he had it.
