soup-strainer

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soup-strainer - slang for a mustache

moustache, mustache - an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip; "he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache"

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

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So important, in fact, that they wheeled out the finest moustache in the car industry - the epic soup-strainer that lives on the top lip of company chairman Dr Dieter Zetsche (pictured above right) - at the car's recent launch in Portugal.

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So important in fact, that it wheeled out the finest moustache in the car industry - the epic soup-strainer that lives on the top lip of company chairman Dr Zetsche - at the car's recent launch in Portugal.

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As our pictures show, since the call went out to see who can grow a superb soup-strainer, young and old alike have been joining in the fun.

Hair we go for a fun look back at Movember

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