CHIN
ADJECTIVES
► CHISEL-CHINNED said of a person whose lower jaw sticks out → 1957 Amer. dial.
► EGG-CHINNED double-chinned, or having an egg-shaped chin → 1625
► GASH of the chin: projecting, protruding → 1853 Sc.
► GASH-GABBIT having a long, protruding chin → 1721 Sc.
► RASPY-WHITE rough and white; said of the chin → 1901 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► ANDY GUMP CHIN a conspicuously receding chin; an unusual chin or jaw, or ironically, a person with a prominent jaw → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ANDY MAGINN ► ANDY MCGINN the chin → 1934 Amer. rhyming sl.
► BAIRDIE the rubbing of a man’s rough chin against the face of someone else, or squeeze another’s chin with the hand → 1872 Sc.
► BUTTON the point of the chin, considered as a target for a punch → 1917 boxing sl.
► CHUCKLE CHIN a double chin → 1881 (Bk.)
► ERROL FLYNN the chin → 1940s rhyming sl.
► FATHER O’FLYNN the chin → 1960s rhyming sl.
► GASH a chin; a projection of the under-jaw → 1828 Sc.
► GOURD the chin → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
► GUNGA (DIN) the chin → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► OUT AND IN the chin → 1928 rhyming sl.
► SAVING CHIN a projecting chin → c1776 colloq.
► UGLY-FAT a double chin → 1881 Eng. dial.
► VERA (LYNN) the chin → 1940s Aust. & Brit. rhyming sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANDY GUMP a person with a small chin and a prominent nose → 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage
► GASH-BEARD a person with a long, protruding chin; one with a long, peaked beard → 1721 Sc. obs.
► GASH-GABBIT a person with a long, protruding chin → 1721 Sc.
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