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jowl
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jowl1
1. the jaw, esp the lower one
2. a cheek, esp a prominent one

jowl2
1. fatty flesh hanging from the lower jaw
2. a similar fleshy part in animals, such as the wattle of a fowl or the dewlap of a bull

jowl
The enlarged head or foot of a timber, usually a vertical post; often used to facilitate the joining of other timbers.


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I didn't want to become one of those thinning-haired, jowly old geezers who still does the same shtick they did when they were young, slim and beautiful," he says.
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It is not the kind of song that inspires guitarists to launch themselves skyward, while Buck and McCaughey are both a little jowly to be jumping around.
 
 
 
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