Mutt-and-jeff Definition
adjective
Alternative spelling of Mutt and Jeff.
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(Cockney rhyming slang, comparable) Deaf.
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noun
(chiefly US, slang) Names given to a pair of companions, usually male, of whom one is tall and the other short.
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Origin of Mutt-and-jeff
From characters in a comic strip by U.S. cartoonist Harry Conway ("Bud") Fisher, first published in 1908.
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