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jole

  [johl]
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–noun
jowl 2 .
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jowl

2  [joul, johl]
–noun
1. a fold of flesh hanging from the jaw, as of a very fat person.
2. the meat of the cheek of a hog.
3. the dewlap of cattle.
4. the wattle of fowls.
Also, jole.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME cholle, OE ceole throat; c. G Kehle throat
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jowl 
1577, from M.E. cholle "fold of flesh hanging from the jaw" (c.1320), perhaps related to O.E. ceole "throat" (cognate of O.Ir. gop, Ir. gob "beak, mouth"). A slightly different jowl, meaning "jaw," evolved from O.E. ceafl, from P.Gmc. *kaflaz (cf. Ger. kiefer, O.N. kjaptr "jaw," Flem. kavel, Du. kevel "gum"), and the two words influenced one another in form and sense. The change from ch- to j- has not been explained.
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Medical Dictionary

jowl 2
n.
The flesh under the lower jaw, especially when plump or flaccid.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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