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Fu Man⋅chu mus⋅tache

[foo man-choo]
–noun
a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.
Also called Fu Manchu.


Origin:
1935–40; after the mustache worn by Fu Manchu, an Oriental master criminal in films of the 1920s and '30s, based on novels by British author Sax Rohmer (1883–1959)
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Fu Man·chu mustache   (fōō' mān-chōō')   
n.  A mustache with ends that hang downward toward or below the chin.

[After Fu Manchu, character in novels by Sax Rohmer, pen name of Arthur Sarsfield Ward (1886-1959), British mystery writer.]
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Main Entry:  Fu Manchu mustache
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See Fu Manchu
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