Definitions
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- adjective having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
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Examples
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He was a big, beefy, red-faced personage, full-jowled and double-chinned, sweating at his desk in his shirt-sleeves.
Local Color 2010
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She adds a feminine touch to the preponderance of slack-jawed, double-chinned shock jocks of the world, leavening their testosterone with her estrogen.
Khanh Ho: Words of Advice to Young People: The Case of Stephanie Grace 2010
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In other words, what if you are small busted, muffin-topped, double-chinned, and fat of ankle?
Bathing Suit Season | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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On the pavement, a double-chinned dame festooned with gaudy seashell necklaces reeled at the sight of him.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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“Archibald!” she cried, forcing herself to smile at the double-chinned man who was poking his nose in her face.
Kiss & Break Up Kate Kingsley 2010
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This is the exciting paradox of Bresnan: a skilful performer in his odd-jobbing all-rounder role; but one who is still able to evoke, purely through his Scotch egg-infused presence, a time when England's cricketers were largely sulky and double-chinned and mediocre.
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On the pavement, a double-chinned dame festooned with gaudy seashell necklaces reeled at the sight of him.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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The all-rounder evokes memories of a time when England's cricketers were sulky and double-chinned
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“Archibald!” she cried, forcing herself to smile at the double-chinned man who was poking his nose in her face.
Kiss & Break Up Kate Kingsley 2010
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Look, I'm a hollerin ', incipiently double-chinned white guy from the Carolinas.
Scott Brown: Joe Wilson: Pan-Carolina Hollerin' Champeen 2009
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