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Language: Old English
Origin: ceole

jowl

 noun
     
Related topics: Human
jowl [countable usually plural]
HBH the skin that covers your lower jaw on either side of your face:
a man with heavy jowls (=jowls that hang down slightly)

➔ cheek by jowl

at cheek1 (3)
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