mustachio
Americannoun
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mustachios
plural
noun
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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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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
The villain is the ringmaster and has a mustachio.
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
When did the noble gentleman shave his heavy black mustachio off?
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
His well-beeswaxed mustachios are a little shorter than they were.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lord Kitchener, with his splendid mustachios, occasionally walked alongside when, in her 60s.
From Time Magazine Archive
Successor to famed Artist Grant Wood, this anti-teaching teacher is husky, slow-spoken, 36-year-old Fletcher Martin, whose drooping red mustachios make him look glummer than he is.
From Time Magazine Archive
I found it hard not to stare at the enormous mustachios that sprouted under their noses, especially when the men combed and waxed them, and twirled the ends.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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