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dundreary whisker

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dun⋅drear⋅ies

  [duhn-dreer-eez]
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–plural noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
long, full sideburns or muttonchop whiskers.
Also called dun⋅drear⋅y whisk⋅ers.

Origin:
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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dundrearies 
1862, long, flowing whiskers, like those worn by actor E.A. Sothern (1826-81) while playing Lord Dundreary, witless, indolent chief character in Eng. dramatist Tom Taylor's play "Our American Cousin" (1858).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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