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Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Mutt and Jeff. Mutt and Jeff was a long-popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about two mismatched tinhorns.. It is commonly regarded as the first daily comic strip.
noun: A pair of people having dramatically different characteristics, such as height. After Mutt and Jeff, comic strip characters of the same name, created by cartoonist Harry Bud Fisher (1885-1954). The strip originated in 1907 and its principal characters were tall Mutt and short Jeff. Both were lovable losers.