mutton chop

British  

noun

1. a piece of mutton from the loin

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Example Sentences

It seems inconceivable that an array of handlebar mustaches, mutton chop sideburns and ZZ Top-style scruff would suddenly become common in the ranks of the planet’s most disciplined fighting forces.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2023

On Friday, as Kyle Rittenhouse stood in a courtroom in Kenosha, Wis., awaiting the verdict in his trial, a large bald man with mutton chop sideburns sat in a pew several rows behind him.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2021

Aficionados of the mutton chop, the full natural and Fu Manchu, they are a brotherhood of the beard.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2018

And the fashion has more in common with the "Saturday Night Fever"-era than anything else, be it mutton chop whiskers on an Imperial officer or a tight polyester vest.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2014

Roosevelt craved a mutton chop with a tail to it; Kermit was hungry for strawberries and cream; and Cherrie couldn’t stop thinking about pancakes smothered in maple syrup.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple