muttonchop

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From mutton +‎ chop. The hairstyle is named after the typical shape of these cuts.

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muttonchop (plural muttonchops)

  1. A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
  2. (figurative, in the plural) A facial hairstyle consisting of sideburns 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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