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Mutt and Jeff
· phrase · cockney
Cockney rhyming slang for deaf.
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Deaf — either literally hard of hearing, or wilfully ignoring someone. Frequently shortened to just 'mutt' once the listener knows the rhyme.
“Speak up, love, me old man's a bit Mutt and Jeff these days.”
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Mutt and Jeff In A Sentence
Speak up, love, me old man's a bit Mutt and Jeff these days.
Origin & Usage
From the early 20th-century American newspaper comic strip 'Mutt and Jeff' by Bud Fisher (1907), which was hugely popular in Britain. The names rhyme with 'deaf'. Often clipped to just 'mutt'.
People Also Ask
Why 'Mutton Jeff'?
It's a common mishearing/eggcorn of 'Mutt and Jeff' — the original comic-strip duo whose names rhyme with deaf.
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