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mutton chop

mutton chop is the alternative form of muttonchop.

Meaning of muttonchop

Noun

muttonchop (plural muttonchops)

  1. A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
  2. (figuratively, in plural) A facial hairstyle consisting of long, usually shaped sideburns extending well below the earlobes without a beard.
    • 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.1905, Willa Cather, “The Marriage of Phaedra”, in Troll Garden

Forms of mutton chop

pluralmutton chops

Questions about mutton chop

What is mutton chop the alternative form of?
Mutton chop is the alternative form of muttonchop.

Words near mutton chop in the dictionary

  1. muttniks
  2. mutton
  3. mutton bird
  4. mutton birds
  5. mutton busting
  6. mutton chop
  7. mutton chops
  8. mutton dagger
  9. mutton daggers
  10. mutton dash
  11. mutton dashes

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