mustachio
Americannoun
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mustachios
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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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When did the noble gentleman shave his heavy black mustachio off?
From Time Magazine Archive
The villain is the ringmaster and has a 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
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.
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The maester looked like a mouse as well, with his grey robes and little brown mustachio.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Brave soldiers faced their country’s foes In brown or black mustachios.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
These ancient masters also made the malleable metal wriggle with curvilinear life: 2-in.-thick ear plugs, nose pendants, golden mustachios that covered the mouth.
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.
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But with all his fine clothes and his fashionable mustachios, he continued to hobnob with musicians, hover around publishing offices.
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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