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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Others turn side to side, offering profile views: muttonchops, stripes.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 14, 2019

“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 • Jun. 7, 2018

Meanwhile, the whole office has gone hairy, with more mustaches, muttonchops, and full beards than Pete could shake a pale, hairless jowl at.

From Time • Apr. 8, 2013

“You’s gonna have to say good-bye to the beard and them muttonchops and that’s one sure ’nough impressive moustache you got there, but it’s got to be tamed down some too.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis