muttonchops
Example Sentences
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Asked to elaborate on his character’s gold tooth and muttonchops that made some fans apoplectic—No, they cried, Heathcliff must be hotter!—his patience seems tested.
“It’s a tradition going back over a century, to when children were invited to search for treats in Chester A. Arthur’s muttonchops.”
From New York Times
Beckerman’s descriptions of the major players are memorable — Chartist leader Feargus O’Connor was “all Irish brogue and ginger muttonchops,” while Futurist ringleader Filippo Marinetti, with his handlebar mustache and bowler hat, resembled “a silent movie villain about to tie a woman to the railroad tracks.”
From Washington Post
Others turn side to side, offering profile views: muttonchops, stripes.
From The New Yorker
“And this is the man who received this bible,” he said, tapping a finger on a photo of a man with thick muttonchops and a furrowed brow.
From New York Times
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