mutton chop

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noun

a piece of mutton from the loin

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Mutt and Jeff, mutter, mutton, mutton bird, muttonbirder, mutton chop, muttonchops, mutton corn, muttonfish, muttonhead, mutton snapper

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How to use mutton chop in a sentence

Cue heartbroken Galavant engorging himself on booze and mutton back home.
‘Galavant’: A Drunken, Horny Musical Fairy Tale|Melissa Leon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The co-owner of Metropolis Collectables, Vincent has Wolverine mutton chops, a Tony Stark goatee, and Lex Luthor swagger.
The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con|Sujay Kumar|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He holds up his right hand—“A short chop right above the bridge of the nose”—and gives up a laugh.
The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70|Peter Richmond|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the same block, Northland Chop Suey, a Chinese restaurant, has been looted at least two times.
Ferguson's Other Race Problem: Riots Damaged Asian-Owned Stores|Tim Mak|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The nation that once revered him threatened to chop him up and fry him into calamari.
The Amazing Tale of Paul the Psychic Octopus: Germany’s World Cup Soothsayer|Emily Shire|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They took their chop or steak at their inn or hotel, or visited the tripe houses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Do not gastronomists complain of heaviness in London after eating a couple of mutton-chops?
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
"No sabby lead chop till ploddem withee dipper," explained the Chinaman, imperturbably.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
No doubt, having feasted on mutton so long, he had got a little sick of it, and thought he would make a dinner on beef.
Mike Marble|Uncle Frank
They mostly raise a few sheep and goats; the sheep are a poor lot, the wool is of a very inferior class, and the mutton poor.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900)|A. G. Hales

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