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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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Main Entry:  Fu Manchu
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a long narrow mustache with the ends drooping to the chin; also written Fu Manchu mustache
Etymology:  mustache style of Fu Manchu, fictional criminal
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