mutton chops

Wide facial hair

Mutton chops are a style of facial hair where the sideburns grow wide and bushy down the cheeks, sometimes connecting to a mustache, but with the chin shaved clean.

The style was popular in the 19th century and takes its name from the shape of a cut of mutton.

He grew mutton chops to complete his Victorian costume.

Opposites
facial hair coverage

mutton chopsclean-shaven

Having no beard

full beard · bare face · goatee · chin strap · soul patch

stylistic era/aesthetic

mutton chopsdesigner stubble

Deliberately short facial hair

five o'clock shadow

Family

chop, mutton, mutton chop

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G