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Side-whiskers   /saɪd-wˈɪskərz/   Listen
Side-whiskers

noun
1.
Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).  Synonyms: burnside, mutton chop, sideburn.






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"Side-whiskers" Quotes from Famous Books



... scornful description of himself in silence. Except for the emphasis which nature had given to his features, he was a presentable person. Flying side-whiskers made his mouth appear grotesquely wide, and the play of strong feelings had produced vicious wrinkles on his spare face. He appeared to be a man of energy, vivacity and vulgarity, reminding one of a dinner of pork and cabbage. He was soon forgotten in the excitement of a delightful day, whose glories ...
— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith

... appearance was ill-controlled. The Prince gave him a dignified salutation, to which, by an inspiration, he bowed. Standing next the Prince was a brown-faced, wrinkled man with silver spectacles and fluffy, dingy-grey side-whiskers, who regarded Bert with a peculiar and disconcerting attention. The company sat after ceremonies Bert could not understand. At the other end of the table was the bird-faced officer Bert had dispossessed, still looking hostile and whispering about Bert to his neighbour. Two soldiers waited. ...
— The War in the Air • Herbert George Wells

... surplice from the immense inner pocket of his pea-jacket, donned it, and read the burial service in due form by the light of his dark lantern: and by the light of it, as I arranged John Emmet's shroud, I had my first and last glimpse of his face—a thin face, old and hollow, with grey side-whiskers: a face extraordinarily pallid: in other circumstances perhaps not noticeable unless it were for a look of extreme weariness which had lasted even into the ...
— Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... this may be one of them. There is a slight difference here, too, for this man wears side-whiskers. But his beard is not heavy enough to ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various



Words linked to "Side-whiskers" :   mutton chop, facial hair, burnside



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