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dundrearies

[ duhn-dreer-eez ]

plural noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)
  1. long, full sideburns or muttonchop whiskers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dundrearies1

First recorded in 1860–65; after the sideburns worn by actor Edward A. Sothern as Lord Dundreary, a character in the play Our American Cousin (1858) by Tom Taylor

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