side whiskers

noun
whiskers worn long and with the chin clean-shaven.
Origin:
1805–15

Related forms
side-whisk·ered, adjective
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side whiskers
 
—pl n
another name for sideburns

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Many individuals have side whiskers and a mane on the nape.
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