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  • noun Plural form of moustache.

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Examples

  • October 20th, 2009 at 12: 44 pm thin moustaches … urrgghh they creep the life out of me.

    Staples of B-movies. 2009

  • Mark Spitz's record haul of Olympic moustaches is under threat from American pool sensation Michael Phelps who is understood to be planning to unveil secret aerodynamic technology at the Beijing games this week.

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • Mark Spitz's record haul of Olympic moustaches is under threat from American pool sensation Michael Phelps who is understood to be planning to unveil secret aerodynamic technology at the Beijing games this week.

    Spitz record under threat as Phelps fingers upper lip 2008

  • Although many little Juan Diegos, with their painted-on, pencil-thin moustaches, go for cotton candy, others enjoy the "hotcakes" made from corn instead of wheat flour and covered with sweet fruit syrups.

    Mexican holiday sweets: cookies, candy and more 2007

  • Although many little Juan Diegos, with their painted-on, pencil-thin moustaches, go for cotton candy, others enjoy the "hotcakes" made from corn instead of wheat flour and covered with sweet fruit syrups.

    Mexican holiday sweets: cookies, candy and more 2007

  • In the imperium "moustaches" -- the British spelling -- were ubiquitous symbols of manhood, an additional fortification on the stiff upper lip, practically "military insignia, which achieved their apotheosis in the crossed scimitars of Lord Kitchener."

    Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow 2008

  • One young man has a superb pair of thick black moustaches, which is something rarely to be seen in Japan.

    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • (and of their endless daytime repeats) by all the family, ending up as glued as the next woman to the twists and turns of the Uttaran plot, and the evil machinations of the "moustaches" in Na Aana Iss Desh Laado.

    The Times of India Paula Gonzaga de Sa 2010

  • Of course, the Israelis are sitting in Tel Aviv, twirling their moustaches, and rubbing their hands in glee at Gazan suffering.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010

  • Cardiff students will be donning moustaches throughout November in order to raise awareness of men's health issues

    Cardiff marks Movember with moustache craze Hannah Waldram 2010

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  • The kind of hard-core moustache that can only be talked about in the plural. Usually waxed and/or curled.

    February 7, 2007