English Explanatory Dictionary

Mutt and Jeff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Names given to a pair of companions, usually male, of whom one is tall and the other short.
adj
  1. Deaf.

Pronunciation

En-au-Mutt and Jeff.ogg

Word forms

Mutt and Jeff more Mutt and Jeff most Mutt and Jeff

Etymology

From characters in a comic strip by U.S. cartoonist Harry Conway ("Bud") Fisher, first published in 1908.

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