Fu Manchu moustache

noun

A long, thin, drooping mustache.

Meanings

nounFu Manchu moustache (plural Fu Manchu moustaches)

plural Fu Manchu moustaches · alternative Fu Manchu mustache

  1. A long, thin, drooping mustache.

Origin

Associated with Fu Manchu, the villain in a series of novels written by Sax Rohmer in the first half of the 20th century.

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APA

Fu Manchu moustache. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fu%20Manchu%20moustache

MLA

“Fu Manchu moustache.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fu%20Manchu%20moustache. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fu Manchu moustache,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fu%20Manchu%20moustache.

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