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Definition of Mutton chop
1. Noun. Chop cut from a mature sheep.
2. Noun. Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutton Chop
Literary usage of Mutton chop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"... instead of buying beefsteak or mutton chop, or other dear parte, аз the poor
often do, of which the selfish husband or father eaia the larger portion, ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"When you go into Smith's Chop-house and say to the waiter, "Give me an English
mutton-chop and a.mug of ale," the thought uppermost in your mind is not ale, ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1848)
"In St. Thomas s Hôpital it is customary to allow a mutton chop, with eggs and milk.
... mutton chop ..."
4. Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs by Joseph Cradock, John Bowyer Nichols (1828)
"He will have a rehearsal on Monday; when, if Mr. Cradock would come, and afterwards
take a bit of mutton chop, it would add to his other obligations. ..."
5. Reminiscences of My Life by Charles Santley (1909)
"CHAPTER XVIII ARRIVAL at Adelaide—Interviewers—Reunion at the Town Hall—
Melbourne—mutton chop Diet—Hospitality—Government Patronage. ..."
6. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by E. Putnam (1869)
"mutton chop WITH TOMATOES. Take about a dozen mutton chops, with the small bones
in them ; pound them a little with the cleaver to make them smooth ..."
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