Meaning & use
mutton chops
A style of facial hair in which sideburns are grown wide and bushy down the cheeks, often connecting to a mustache.
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The Victorian gentleman in the portrait sported impressive mutton chops.
He grew mutton chops for the historical reenactment last summer.
A note on using this word
The style is named for its resemblance to the shape of a cut of mutton, or sheep meat.
Words with a similar meaning
sideburns
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