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side⋅burns

  [sahyd-burnz]
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–plural noun
1. short whiskers extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.
2. the projections of the hairline forming a border on the face in front of each ear.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; alter. of burnsides
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Word Origin & History

sideburns 
1887, alteration of burnsides (q.v).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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