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double chins

double chins is the plural of double chin.

Meaning of double chin

Noun

double chin (plural double chins)

  1. A layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin, giving the appearance of having an extra chin.
    • "In the coach in which I rode, there was a vacant seat till our arrival in Birmingham. Leaving Birmingham I found it filled with a fat Englishman, in drab breeches and gaiter boots, the finest specimen of a thorough John Bull that I had seen—weight about sixteen stone. He wore two top coats, a...1958 October, “Liverpool to London in 1842”, in Railway Magazine, page 682

Questions about double chins

What is double chins the plural of?
Double chins is the plural of double chin.

Words near double chins in the dictionary

  1. double checked
  2. double checking
  3. double checks
  4. double chicane
  5. double chin
  6. double chins
  7. double click
  8. double clicks
  9. double coconut
  10. double coconuts
  11. double code

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