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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. Also called: sideboards. side whiskers. sidelevers.a man's whiskers grown down either side of the face in front of the ears

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of sideburns1

1885–90, alteration of burnsides
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sideburns1

C19: variant of burnsides
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He began wearing braids to comply, but management still took issue with Obeng’s sideburns, which he considered important to his cultural identity, according to the lawsuit.

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With sideburns and the sharpest mod feather cut, he even looked good in Lycra.

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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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