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side-whiskers

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side-whisk·ers (sdhwskrz, -ws-)
pl.n.
Whiskers worn usually long on the sides of a man's face.
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Noun1.side-whiskers - facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)side-whiskers - facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
sideburn, burnside, mutton chop
facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
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One of these waitresses, a woman of forty, had side-whiskers reaching half-way down her jaws.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The Emperor had often visited the Military College and every time Kasatsky saw that tall erect figure, with breast expanded in its military overcoat, entering with brisk step, saw the cropped side-whiskers, the moustache, the aquiline nose, and heard the sonorous voice exchanging greetings with the cadets, he was seized by the same rapture that he experienced later on when he met the woman he loved.
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
queried the head of the department, a pink-and-white-faced man, whose austere side-whiskers were belied by genial little eyes.
The Game by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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