mustachio
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Origin of mustachio
1545–55; < Spanish mostacho and its source, Italian mostaccio, variant of mostacchio < Medieval Greek moustáki, Doric Greek mýstax, stem mystak- upper lip, mustache
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The stiffness of his large burly body, of his voice, of his Risorgimento mustachio, reaffirmed that touch of the military that had been so evident in his written summons.
From Time Magazine Archive
When did the noble gentleman shave his heavy black mustachio off?
From Time Magazine Archive
In case anybody cares, yes, Draco Malfoy is still a cardboard villain who talks as if he's twiddling his mustachio.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now obviously it is here to stay, as distinguishing, if not quite so obtrusive, as the cavalry mustachio of Russia's Marshal Budenny.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a youth of sixteen years, whip-thin, fearless, quick to laugh, with the faint shadow of his first mustachio on his upper lip.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Brave soldiers faced their country’s foes In brown or black mustachios.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
But with all his fine clothes and his fashionable mustachios, he continued to hobnob with musicians, hover around publishing offices.
From Time Magazine Archive
To keep his white mustachios dry, portly "H.E." ducked into an art gallery.
From Time Magazine Archive
His well-beeswaxed mustachios are a little shorter than they were.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many were Dothraki horselords, big men with red- brown skin, their drooping mustachios bound in metal rings, their black hair oiled and braided and hung with bells.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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