Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Whiskers worn usually long on the sides of a man's face.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
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Examples
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Popular culture insists on a near-exact similarity, and so the actor who turns up in a period drama is simply a 21st-century man deviously arrayed in side-whiskers and a frock coat and betraying himself from one intonation to the next.
A Far From Model Marriage D.J. Taylor 2011
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Popular culture insists on a near-exact similarity, and so the actor who turns up in a period drama is simply a 21st-century man deviously arrayed in side-whiskers and a frock coat and betraying himself from one intonation to the next.
A Far From Model Marriage D.J. Taylor 2011
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Doré's portrayal of a weak-chinned fop in a white suit, enormous side-whiskers and broad-brimmed hat was so potent that the image was subsequently reissued in America as a send-up of a Southerner before the Civil War.
Making a Mockery of It All Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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About five feet seven inches in height; strongly built, sallow complexion, black hair, a little bald in the centre, bushy, black side-whiskers and moustache; tinted glasses, slight infirmity of speech.
Sole Music 2010
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One of the largest stalls bore the name of Breckinridge upon it, and the proprietor a horsy-looking man, with a sharp face and trim side-whiskers was helping a boy to put up the shutters.
Sole Music 2010
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Oscar reflected that he and Edward Garstrang were probably the only two white men in the entire state of Colorado that day not to be wearing either side-whiskers, a moustache, or a beard.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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Oscar reflected that he and Edward Garstrang were probably the only two white men in the entire state of Colorado that day not to be wearing either side-whiskers, a moustache, or a beard.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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Oscar reflected that he and Edward Garstrang were probably the only two white men in the entire state of Colorado that day not to be wearing either side-whiskers, a moustache, or a beard.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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Oscar reflected that he and Edward Garstrang were probably the only two white men in the entire state of Colorado that day not to be wearing either side-whiskers, a moustache, or a beard.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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Oscar reflected that he and Edward Garstrang were probably the only two white men in the entire state of Colorado that day not to be wearing either side-whiskers, a moustache, or a beard.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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