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nounside whiskers pl (plural only)
alternative sidewhiskers · alternative side-whiskers
- datedpluralplural onlysideburns
The first who entered was a little ribston-pippin of a man, with ruddy cheeks and fluffy white side-whiskers.
1904 February 27, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Black Peter”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC
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