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burnsides
[ burn-sahydz ]
plural noun
- full whiskers and a mustache worn with the chin clean-shaven.
burnsides
/ ˈ²úɜ˲ÔËŒ²õ²¹Éª»å³ú /
plural noun
- thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of burnsides1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; named after General A.E. Burnside
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of burnsides1
C19: named after General A. E. Burnside (1824–81), Union general in the US Civil War
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He had long burnsides and a long tail coat all de time.
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In summer they were always on the hills and by the burnsides.
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The old bedesman delighted “to daunder down the burnsides and green shaws.â€
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He wears burnsides and they are very becoming.
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This strange assortment of whiskers of different fashions on various parts of his face, imperial, goatee, burnsides, he brought back with him.
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