butt-chin

A form of butt chin — A cleft chin.

Meanings

nounbutt-chin (plural butt-chins)

plural butt-chins

  1. alternativeAlternative form of butt chin.

    He had a chin on him, a butt-chin, with a dimple in it.

    1995, John Sandford, Night Prey
    3 more examples

    Still looking lost and confused, Clive scratched his butt-chin, looked me in the eye with both pupils constricted, and full of uncertainty, he stammered as he fired yet another question.

    2011, C. Lazarus, Father on the Loose!

    And I told him everything; his perfect teeth glistened, a dimple flattered his flawless butt-chin.

    2006, Carol Weston, Melanie in Manhattan, page 261

    He bent down slowly and got so close to my face, I could see the lines in his glossy, unchapped lips and the stubbled hairs in the crack of his butt-chin. page 123

    2004, Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher, Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End page 107
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APA

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Chicago

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