Fu Manchu mustache

American  

[fooman-choo] / ˈfumænˈtʃu /

noun

1. a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.

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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

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