Fu Manchu mustache
American
[fooman-choo]
/ ˈfumænˈtʃu /
noun
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)
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