burnside

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English

General Ambrose Burnside. Photo by Mathew Brady

Etymology

From Ambrose Burnside

Noun

burnside (plural burnsides)

  1. (especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but with no beard on the chin

Usage notes

This was later reformed as sideburn, see there.

Anagrams

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