moustache

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He seemed to be fairly old for his moustache was ashen-grey.

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  • To one side of its face half a moustache was attached. —  Where the Sun Swings North
  • However, Georgy was not given to sentiment, and Tony, for his part, was utterly indifferent to her: indeed, the most exclusive circles in Belfield opened to him at once, for a young man with a moustache was a rara avis there, the masculine element in the village falling short of social requirements, as its representatives were generally either in their first or second childhood. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.
  • It is noticeable that he has a beard and moustache, which is quite unusual among the Mafulu. —  The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea
  • He tied his necktie exquisitely; caressed his hair again with two brushes; curved his young moustache, and then assumed his waistcoat and his coat; the trousers had naturally preceded the collar. —  Tales of the Five Towns
  • He had a long light moustache, and his skin was a fresh, rosy salmon colour; his straw-tinted hair was cut very short, except over the forehead, where it grew full and bushy. —  Tales of the Five Towns
 

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/musˈtæʃ/
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