muttonchop mustache
- noun
- /ˈmʌtənˌtʃɑp ˈmʌstæʃ/
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bigote muttonchop
- He decided to grow a muttonchop mustache for his role in the historical play.
Examples
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The barber gave him tips on maintaining his thick muttonchop mustache.
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My grandfather had a muttonchop mustache in his youth.
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In the 19th century, the muttonchop mustache was a popular symbol of masculinity.
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He sports a stylish muttonchop mustache.
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In the 19th century, the muttonchop mustache was a popular symbol of masculinity.
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The barber gave him tips on maintaining his thick muttonchop mustache.
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He decided to grow a muttonchop mustache for his role in the historical play.
Synonyms
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1.0
Hair that grows on a man's or an animal's chin, cheeks, and jaw
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9.3
Hair on the upper lip that men usually grow
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2.1
A very large, bushy growth of hair above the upper lip that grows down the sides of the mouth
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Thick hair above the upper lip on a man's face
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Thick sideburns that grow down the cheeks and reach the jaw
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Hair grown on the sides of the face in front of the ears
Facial hair where long sideburns run down the face in front of the ears
Thick sideburns that grow down the cheeks and join along the jaw, with no mustache
Hair that grows on a person's upper lip often called a mustache
Hair that people grow near the mouth and chin, like a beard
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
muttonchop + mustache
The second constituent 'mustache' clearly signals facial hair, but 'muttonchop' is a relatively rare lexicalized element (and the input even shows it as not found) that refers by metaphor to sideburns shaped like cuts of mutton. A learner who knows the literal words might guess the expression relates to a particular facial-hair style, but deriving the precise shape and cultural label requires prior exposure, so it is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Muttonchop mustache comes from the image of thick side hair that looks like a cut of meat, with mutton meaning sheep meat and chop meaning a piece of meat. In the 1800s men often wore heavy hair down the sides of the face, so today the phrase means 'a style of mustache' that looks like those meat 'chops'.