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Definition of Chinstraps
1. chinstrap [n] - See also: chinstrap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinstraps
Literary usage of Chinstraps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"They are all young men, clean shaved, clad in well-fitting uniforms, their
chinstraps being worn at the back of their heads, if it is permissible to record ..."
2. Justice to All: The Story of the Pennsylvania State Police by Katherine Mayo (1917)
"... the horses of the State Police pick their way along the streets of the Northeast,
while the grim riders look out quietly over their black chinstraps. ..."
3. The United Service (1897)
"... a little above chinstraps, and about on a level with shovels; it has been cast
out into the cold shade by breech-loaders and rifled barrels; ..."
4. English Seals by James Harvey Bloom (1906)
"The crown is now represented with five points; its fastening chinstraps are left
hanging loosely on either side of the head. The other regalia are the sword ..."
5. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... of some 100000 pairs at South Georgia, 70000 on the Falkland Islands, 30000
on lies Kerguelen. chinstraps, named for distinctive black neck feathers, ..."
6. Granville: Tales and Tail Spins from a Flyer's Diary by Granville Guttersen (1919)
"No Marines, Doughboys, or chinstraps within sixty miles.) After I had decided
that I didn't care to go to town to-day Lt. O. sent twenty bucks out to me ..."
7. Turning Up the Heat: How Global Warming Threatens Life in the Sea by Amy Mathews-Amos, Ewann Agenbroad Berntson (1999)
"Adélie penguins winter on the sea ice, while chinstraps prefer open water and
little ice cover (Fraser et al. 1992). Given the changes in winter sea ice ..."
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