Fu Manchu mustache
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Fu Manchu mustache
First recorded in 1935–40; after the mustache worn by Fu Manchu, an Asian master criminal in films of the 1920s and '30s, based on novels by British author Sax Rohmer (1883–1959)
Example Sentences
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He wore a Fu Manchu mustache and a skull earring.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2016
In some of the ads, they struck tongue-in-cheek poses as miners; in a 1982 shot, Mr. Yowell, with his flowing blond hair and Fu Manchu mustache, puckered up next to a kissing llama named Cisco.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2015
"He was this big burly guy with a Fu Manchu mustache."
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2014
Bruder – an open-faced, blue-eyed man with a drooping Fu Manchu mustache – had lived on his ranch his entire life.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2014
Red, too, were the Fu Manchu mustache and the long sideburns.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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