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  • noun Plural form of mustachio.

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Examples

  • As we approached, I perceived the august monarch twisting his mustachios, which is always esteemed a sign of wrath.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • He was exactly like her, with the addition of a pair of black "mustachios," and it may be she told him that the strange object under the maple had not moved for half an hour, and was undoubtedly some new device of man's, made of wood perhaps, for he did not hesitate on the door-step, but plunged in at once, and devoted himself to the business in hand, clearing out, while she vanished.

    Little Brothers of the Air Olive Thorne Miller 1874

  • He was a distinguished-looking man with long, waxed mustachios.

    Question for my writerly buds marshallpayne1 2009

  • One is wiry, bald, very long mustachios and a few tattoos.

    Horror Hotel: Travelodge Review « Colleen Anderson 2009

  • Ra-Havreii pointed up at the solar-system-spanning diagram with a shake of his head that made his long white mustachios sway like slender tree-limbs in a gale.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Ra-Havreii pointed up at the solar-system-spanning diagram with a shake of his head that made his long white mustachios sway like slender tree-limbs in a gale.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • But at others, the character becomes a caricature of bad villains, preening and prideful, so tritely written, in fact, that I expect the Snidely Whiplash twirling of mustachios.

    A Man Rides Through Fred Perry 2010

  • Ra-Havreii shook his head, a gesture that made his snowy mane and his long white mustachios wag from side to side.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • But at others, the character becomes a caricature of bad villains, preening and prideful, so tritely written, in fact, that I expect the Snidely Whiplash twirling of mustachios.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Fred Perry 2010

  • Ra-Havreii shook his head, a gesture that made his snowy mane and his long white mustachios wag from side to side.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

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