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- noun A
strip ofleather ormaterial used tofasten ahat orhelmet under thechin - noun A form of
beard grown under the chin
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Examples
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Hiroko Tabuchi/WSJ Clothes-shop salesman Ken Miura, would like a 'chinstrap' beard.
Building Beard Buzz 2008
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Among the site's most popular styles is "Dandy Soul," a mustache plus "chinstrap" beard outlining the edge of the face that the site says is great for partying.
Building Beard Buzz 2008
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He had shoulder-length black hair, a "chinstrap" goatee and a mustache.
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Hamp was in charge of everything, including the helmets, and in those days everyone wore a single chinstrap, except Don Maynard, now in the NFL Hall of Fame, who wore no chinstrap at all, but insisted on picking out his own jockstrap every day.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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Hamp was in charge of everything, including the helmets, and in those days everyone wore a single chinstrap, except Don Maynard, now in the NFL Hall of Fame, who wore no chinstrap at all, but insisted on picking out his own jockstrap every day.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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There were wartime undertones in the 1940s suits...but it was the chinstrap hats reminiscent of cigarette girls that really had me swooning.
Anya Strzemien: PHOTOS: All About Last Night's Marc Jacobs Show Anya Strzemien 2011
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There were wartime undertones in the 1940s suits...but it was the chinstrap hats reminiscent of cigarette girls that really had me swooning.
Anya Strzemien: PHOTOS: All About Last Night's Marc Jacobs Show Anya Strzemien 2011
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Hamp was in charge of everything, including the helmets, and in those days everyone wore a single chinstrap, except Don Maynard, now in the NFL Hall of Fame, who wore no chinstrap at all, but insisted on picking out his own jockstrap every day.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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I was overwhelmed a little bit with the standing ovation and the reception that I got, but again, when you're going down there and everything, you have to buckle your chinstrap and win the game.
Redskins win one for their leader Rick Maese 2010
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Their helmets with their double-chinstrap configuration look letter-perfect -- until a player goes into the game, at which point the chances of his helmet popping off are ... let's just say the odds are not acceptable.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Football Playing Head Games Michael Conniff 2010
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