Chinful

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An amount that covers the chin.

    "They semi-roughed it near Dwyer, Ontario and came home with a deer, some tall tales about life in the wilds and four chinsful of whiskers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a noticeable chin.

    "The low-brow and square-face, The long Bartlett pear-face, The chinless and chinful, The grinless and sinful."

Example

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"They semi-roughed it near Dwyer, Ontario and came home with a deer, some tall tales about life in the wilds and four chinsful of whiskers."

Etymology

From chin + -ful.

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