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sideburns

[ sahyd-burnz ]

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.


sideburns

/ ˈɪˌɜːԳ /

plural noun

  1. a man's whiskers grown down either side of the face in front of the ears Also calledsideboardsside whiskersAustralsidelevers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sideburns1

1885–90, Americanism; alteration of burnsides
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sideburns1

C19: variant of burnsides
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Monochrome images taken in 1973 show London Victoria railway station frozen in time - an era of large sideburns and public lockers, platform tickets and boat trains to France and Belgium.

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However, he redeems himself as an administrator by writing impenetrable new rules on the size of officers’ sideburns and mustaches.

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Stone shouted to Milei, whose sideburns are as thick as his populist rhetoric.

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This new Oasis scene seems to feature fewer blokes with sideburns, baggy nylon football shirts and those loud burps that follow swiftly-downed cans of Carling.

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"I see sporting success like sideburns. You are hot for a minute, then you are out for a while, then you are back but halfway up, then back to pork chops."

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