side whiskers

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plural noun
  1. whiskers worn long and with the chin clean-shaven.

Origin of side whiskers

1
First recorded in 1805–15

Other words from side whiskers

  • side-whiskered, adjective

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How to use side whiskers in a sentence

  • Down the gravel walk of the mansion across the road came strolling its owner, silk-hatted, side-whiskered, benignant.

    Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • However, Albert,' says she to the side-whiskered man, 'you had better give the girl our usual tip.

    The Depot Master | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "Perhaps you might show him my flower gardens as you go away," said the side-whiskered man.

    Those Times And These | Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for side whiskers

side whiskers

pl n
  1. another name for sideburns

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