muttonchop
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English
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Etymology
From mutton + chop. The hairstyle is named after the typical shape of these cuts.
Noun
muttonchop (plural muttonchops)
- A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- (figurative, in the plural) A facial hairstyle consisting of long, usually shaped sideburns extending well below the earlobes without a beard.
- Synonym: mutton-chop whiskers
- 1905, Willa Cather, “The Marriage of Phaedra”, in Troll Garden:
- He had a fresh complexion, eyes of that common uncertain shade of gray, and was closely shaven except for the incipient muttonchops on his ruddy cheeks.
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Translations
cut of sheep's meat
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facial hairstyle
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