Definitions

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  • noun A large bushy moustache.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of mustachio.

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  • noun a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)

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Examples

  • 257 The Persian saying is, A kiss without moustachio is bread without salt.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Of course, if I'd been smart enough to look for "moustachio", I probably would have found something ...!

    Quick Links: Coraline Boxes and the Antikythera Mechanism Reborn Heather McDougal 2008

  • I say Humpty Dumpty and the plaid clown with moustachio!

    Vintage Cookie Jars Inspiration for Beads Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2009

  • The dashing moustachio was a last minute decision to add a bit of flair.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Several new chin whiskers, an overnight moustachio, and five new zits in festive colours ornamented my face.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • Al – Ahnaf, ‘Part thy hair and trim thy moustachio and pare thy nails and pluck thine armpits and shave thy pubes268 and ever use the toothstick because therein be two and seventy virtues, and make the Ghusl or complete ablution on Friday, as an expiation for all between the Fridays.’ —

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The first from Bohemian Rhapsody era and the other from I Wanna Break Free moustachio-ed housewife video.

    Two Nights Out Kerron Cross 2006

  • The black-moustachio’d face gazed down from every commanding corner.

    Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949

  • Grace in my position came upon a foreigner in the wood of Strongara -- a gentleman by the looks of him and a Frenchman by his moustachio, all alone and looking after Sergeant Donald's company, what would your

    Doom Castle Neil Munro

  • Women, as well as males, are generally tattooed of a reddish or blue colour, round the mouth, moustachio-wise.

    The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous

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