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side whiskers

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plural noun
  1. whiskers worn long and with the chin clean-shaven.
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Origin of side whiskers

First recorded in 1805–15
Related formsside-whisk·ered, adjective
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Related Words

stubblesideburnsgoateeburnsidesmustachemuttonchops

Examples from the Web for side whiskers

Historical Examples

  • They wasn't as big and long as those in the pictures, but they were side-whiskers.

    Kent Knowles: Quahaug

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • He was a tall man, dressed in blue, with side-whiskers, and an oil-cloth cap.

    A Jolly Fellowship

    Frank R. Stockton

  • She was mighty polite; for I had on a red wig and side-whiskers. '

  • His hair and mustache were jet black, but his side-whiskers were gray.

    Jack the Young Cowboy

    George Bird Grinnell

  • And my clerk dissuaded me from the side-whiskers which I keep by me for these occasions.

    First Plays

    A. A. Milne

British Dictionary definitions for side whiskers

side whiskers

pl n
  1. another name for sideburns
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