1865. Evening Citizen, 28 July. Mr. Steinmetz shaved close, leaving
no hair on his face save a short pair of mutton-chop whiskers.
1878. Besant & Rice, By Celia’s Arbour, ii. His whiskers, equally
white, were cut to the old-fashioned regulation mutton-chop, very
much like what has now come into fashion again. They advanced into
the middle of the cheek, and were then squared off in a line which
met the large stiff collar below at an angle of forty-five.
1880. Life in a Debtor’s Prison, 62. The equally well-trained
whiskers, which were of the old military style, known as
mutton-chops.
1892. Milliken, ’Arry Ballads, p. 53. White aprons, and trim
mutton-chopper each side.
Mutton-cove, subs. (old).—1. The Coventry-Street end of Windmill
Street. [Once a notorious resort of harlots]. Cf. Mutton, senses 1 and
2.
2. (common).—A man addicted to women; a mutton-monger (q.v.). For
synonyms see Molrower.
Muttoner, subs. (obsolete Winchester College).—A blow on the knuckles
from a cricket-ball.