Word: muttonish
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...news scoop, the News Chronicle's scolding had a certain cold-muttonish quality. It would have carried more validity many months ago, when U.S. soldiers first arrived in the United Kingdom, and the Tommies certainly found them too cocky, too well-heeled, too fresh with the girls...
...Young's African smells, sights and sounds are indubitable. He can occasionally strike off action, too. His motivation, however, is vague, unaccountable, spasmodic. His emotions plod in circles. His temper the generous will call wholesome and dignified, others cold and muttonish...
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