muttonchops

[muht-n-chops]

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plural noun

side whiskers that are narrow at the temples and broad and trimmed short at the jawline, the chin being shaved both in front and beneath.

Origin of muttonchops

1860–65; mutton¹ + chop¹ + -s³; so called from their shape

Also called muttonchop whiskers.

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Related Words for muttonchops

imperial, fuzz, brush, stubble, goatee, Vandyke, burnsides, mustache, muttonchops

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Historical Examples of muttonchops

She turned us over to a stout brunette lady who was cultivating a neat and flossy pair of muttonchops.
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Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for muttonchops

muttonchops

pl n

side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples

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