handlebar moustache
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of handlebar moustache
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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At 82, the former electrician with his legendary handlebar moustache is still receiving visitors in an office at the heart of the former Gdansk shipyards.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
It would be years until McAleese - with his trademark handlebar moustache - would be revealed to the public as the steely Scottish soldier behind the gas mask.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2021
Murdoch emerged from a pile of red and black shirts, handlebar moustache unruffled, with the ball in his hand.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2018
Whatever happens Sandgren will make an impression in Paris -- even if only for the handlebar moustache he is nurturing.
From Reuters ● May 22, 2017
Dressed in a fancy denim-style suit, with a long, thin cigar protruding from under his handlebar moustache, he expounds on a score of subjects as if he had all the time in the world.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
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