| 单词 | mutton-chop whiskers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmutton-chop whiskers a. Usually in plural. A man's sideburn shaped like a mutton chop, being narrow at the ear and broad and rounded at the lower jaw. Frequently attributive (usually with hyphen), esp. in mutton-chop whiskers. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of whiskers side wing1811 mutton chop1851 Dundreary whiskers1859 mutton cutlet1860 Piccadilly weeper1866 burnside1875 Dundrearies1876 sideburn1876 sidebar whiskers1882 sideboards1883 weeper1894 slugger1898 ear guards1905 1851 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art, & Sci. July 447/2 Their stiffness of bearing,..their hair, their whiskers cut into the shape of mutton chops..all that makes them as proud as Trafalgar and Waterloo.] 1851 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 24 Oct. 6/2 The people [in London] have grown so accustomed to see heavy beards and ferocious moustaches, instead of smooth chins and mutton-chop whiskers, that a little deviation from the ordinary English standard of dress and appearance, attracts no attention. 1857 Harper's Weekly 4 Apr. 212 The English mutton-chop whisker, growing on the bluff cheeks of the Briton, explains the carbonaceous character of the islander. 1875 Cincinnati Enquirer 6 July 2/1 His whisker was of the Burnside type, consisting of mustache and ‘muttonchop’, the chin being perfectly clean. 1904 D. C. Murray V.C. 13 The clean-trimmed hirsute mutton-chop on either side the heavy jowl combined to make him intensely respectable to look at. 1956 People 13 May 2/1 (advt.) You don't wear mutton chop whiskers. 1988 R. Rayner Los Angeles without Map (1989) 83 This guy's got it down tight... Mutton chop sideburns and a diamond ring on his pinkie. 1997 New Yorker 22 Sept. 125/2 Some of the blokes in college, who just grew their hair in every direction at the same time, bog-brush beards, Olde Englishe muttonchops..you name it. < as lemmas |
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