Dundreary

'It must be ten years since I saw him: he would be a thin elderly man now, and unless he has shaved them off, he has that sort of whiskers which people used to call Dundreary or Piccadilly something.'

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories 1899

I presently infected "Dundreary," who, in his melancholy way, became quite jovial.

Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington

Mr. Cornelius Gosling-Green, M.P., proved to be a tall, drooping, melancholy creature, with "Dundreary" whiskers, reach-me-down suit of thick cloth, wrong kind of tie, thickish boots, and no presence.

Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913

About that year came, among the ultra fashionables, a remarkable outfit, consisting of short, double-breasted reefing jackets, trousers immense at the hips and tapering to the ankles, Scotch caps, and "Dundreary" whiskers.

The end of an era, 1899

Their principal adornment lay in their immense "Dundreary" whiskers, usually at least eight inches long.

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

(whom I promptly christened "Dundreary" because of his long whiskers) came out with me.

Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington

a man of about the middle size, with a face rather bronzed and reddened by climate, a nose slightly aquiline and higher in colour, quick black eyes with an uneasy glance in them, bushy black whiskers, more like the antiquated "Dundreary" type than modern fashion permits, and a wide flexible mouth.

Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers F. Anstey 1895

Dundreary whiskers, his broadcloth bosom and his quick staccato step, he adopted the pose of a gentleman of affairs, very positive and with no nonsense about him.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

Dundreary whiskers, his broadcloth bosom and his quick staccato step, he adopted the pose of a gentleman of affairs, very positive and with no nonsense about him.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

Between his Dundreary whiskers James was telling a story.

On Forsyte 'Change 2004